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THE HIGHLAND BALOU by ROBERT BURNS

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First Line: HEE BALOU, MY SWEET WEE DONALD
Last Line: SYNE TO THE HIGHLANDS HAME TO ME!

Hee balou, my sweet wee Donald,
Picture o' the great Clanronald!
Brawlie kens our wanton Chief
Wha gat my young Highland thief.

Leeze me on thy bonie craigie!
An thou live, thou'll steal a naigie,
Travel the country thro' and thro',
And bring hame a Carlisle cow!

Thro' the Lawlands, o'er the Border,
Weel, my babie, may thou furder,
Herry the louns o' the laigh Countrie,
Syne to the Highlands hame to me!



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