My Heart's In The Highlands
(Tha Mo Chridhe 'sa Ghàidhealtachd)
Lyrics by Robert Burns, adapted from PUR's "The Lassies Reply" CD. Phonetics by An Cór Ceilteach's choir director and Scots-Gaelic instructor, Eva Gordon.

[English & Scots-Gaelic]
[Rough Phonetic]

[Gaelic Chorus]
Tha mo chridhe 'sa Ghàidhealtachd, Chan eil i mu Dheas,
Tha mo chridhe 'sa Ghàidhealtachd, air toir nan dàmh clis.
A' ruagach nan aighean, 's a'leantainn nan grèidh,
Ged dh'fhaigainn a' Ghàidhealtachd, is ann tha mo dhèidh.

[1]
Farewell tae the Highlands, farewell tae the North
The birthplace of valor, the country of Worth.
Wherever I wander, wherever I rove,
The hills of the Highlands forever I love.

[Chorus]
My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here
My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasin' the deer.
A-chasin' the wild deer and following the roe,
My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.

[2]
Farewell tae the mountains, high covered with snow
Farewell tae the straths and green valleys below.
Farewell tae the forests and wild hanging woods,
Farewell tae the torrents and loud pouring floods.

[Gaelic Chorus]
Tha mo chridhe 'sa Ghàidhealtachd, Chan eil i mu Dheas,
Tha mo chridhe 'sa Ghàidhealtachd, air toir nan dàmh clis.
A' ruagach nan aighean, 's a'leantainn nan grèidh,
Ged dh'fhaigainn a' Ghàidhealtachd, is ann tha mo dhèidh.

[Chorus]
My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here
My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasin' the deer.
A-chasin' the wild deer and following the roe,
My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.

[Chorus (coda with alternating voices)]
My heart's in the Highlands,
Tha mo chridhe 'sa Ghàidhealtachd,
My heart's in the Highlands,

Tha mo chridhe 'sa Ghàidhealtachd,
My heart's in the Highlands...!

[Gaelic Chorus]
Ha muh Khree-ya sah Ghay-ul-tuKHk, xChahn yale ee moo yess,
Ha muh Khree-ya sah Ghay-ul-tuKHk, Air torr nahn DAHV khleesh.
Ah roo-gackh nahn AY-yun, Sa-a lyan-tee-een nahn GRAY,
Ge-et GHA-geen a Ghay-ul-tuKHk, iss awn ha muh yay.



















[Gaelic Chorus]
Ha muh Khree-ya sah Ghay-ul-tuKHk, xChahn yale ee moo yess,
Ha muh Khree-ya sah Ghay-ul-tuKHk, Air torr nahn DAHV khleesh.
Ah roo-gackh nahn AY-yun, Sa-a lyan-tee-een nahn GRAY,
Ge-et GHA-geen a Ghay-ul-tuKHk, iss awn ha muh yay.









Ha muh Khree-ya sah Ghay-ul-tuKHk,


Ha muh Khree-ya sah Ghay-ul-tuKHk,



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