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Highland Harry back again.
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This and the two following songs were composed for, and sung at, the celebration of the Earl of Dalkeith's birth-day, at Selkirk, on the 24th May.
Ye forest flowers so fresh and gay,
Let all your hearts be light and fain;
For once this blest, auspicious day,
Brought us a Harry back again.
The wild-bird's hush'd on Ettrick braes,
And northward turns the nightly wain;
Let's close with glee this wale of days,
To us so welcome back again.
Let all your hearts be light and fain;
For once this blest, auspicious day,
Brought us a Harry back again.
The wild-bird's hush'd on Ettrick braes,
And northward turns the nightly wain;
Let's close with glee this wale of days,
To us so welcome back again.
May blessings wait that noble Scot,
Who loves to hear the shepherd's strain;
And long in peace, may't be his lot
To see this day come back again.
His heart so kind, his noble mind,
His loyal course without a stain,
And choice's fair, all, all declare,
He'll just be Harry back again.
Who loves to hear the shepherd's strain;
And long in peace, may't be his lot
To see this day come back again.
His heart so kind, his noble mind,
His loyal course without a stain,
And choice's fair, all, all declare,
He'll just be Harry back again.
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