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My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing… — Robert Burns

Poem

My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer; Chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe, My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.

Robert Burns
1789
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Topic
Scottish highlandsScotlandCountries
Medium
Poem
Time
1789Age of Enlightenment
Person
Robert Burns
Provenance
Current citation
Burns, Robert. "Farewell to the Highlands (My Heart's in the Highlands)." Robert Burns: Selected Poems, edited Carol Mcguirk. Penguin Classics, 1994.
Original citation
Burns, Robert. My Heart's in the Highlands. 1789.

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