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THE HEATHER GLEN

There blooms a bonnie flower
Up the heather glen,
Though bright in sun—in shower
'Tis just as bright again!
I never can pass by it,—
I never dare go nigh it,—
My heart it won't be quiet
Up the heather glen!
Sing, O, the blooming heather!
O the heather glen!
Where fairest fairies gather
To lure in mortal men!
I never can pass by it,—
I never dare go nigh it,—
My heart it won't be quiet
Up the heather glen!
There sings a bonnie linnet
Up the heather glen,
The voice has magic in it
Too sweet for mortal men!
It brings joy down before us,
With winsome mellow chorus,
But sings far, too far, o'er us
Up the heather glen!
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Sing, O, the blooming heather!
O the heather glen!
Where fairest fairies gather
To lure in mortal men!
I never can pass by it,—
I never dare go nigh it,—
My heart it won't be quiet
Up the heather glen!
O might I pull that flower
Blooming in the glen,
No sorrow that could lower
Would make me sad again!
And might I catch that linnet,—
My heart—my hope are in it!
O heaven itself I'd win it
Up the heather glen!
Sing, O, the blooming heather!
O the heather glen!
Where fairest fairies gather
To lure in mortal men!
I never can pass by it,—
I never dare go nigh it,—
My heart it won't be quiet
Up the heather glen!
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