My Harry was a gallant gay, Fu' stately strade he on the plain; But now he's banish'd far away, I'll never see him back again. Chorus. -- O for him back again! O for him back again! I wad gie a' Knockhaspie's land For Highland Harry back again. When a' the lave gae to their bed, I wander dowie up the glen; I set me down and greet my fill, And aye I wish him back again. O for him, &c. O were some villains hangit high, And ilka body had their ain! Then I might see the joyfu' sight, My Highland Harry back again. O for him, &c. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LINES ON OBSERVING A BLOSSOM [ON THE FIRST OF FEBRUARY 1796] by SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE BREAKFAST by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON A THOUGHT IN TWO MOODS by THOMAS HARDY ON A PICTURE OF LEANDER by JOHN KEATS THE LAST RAFT by JOSEPH V. ADAMS THE WET WASH by MARIANA BACHMAN CHILD OF MARY'S SOUL by SUSIE MONTGOMERY BEST CHRISTMAS EVE by MATHILDE BLIND TO THE LORD LOVE (AT THE APPROACH OF OLD AGE) by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY |