I HAVE SEEN THE HEILANDS/ I HAVE SEEN THE HIGHLANDS

I HAVE SEEN THE HEILANDS

by

Matt McGinn

I was born and bred in Glasgow, in a Gallowgate tenement

When people spoke of my bonny land, I didn't know what they meant

But then I took to travel, I moved far and wide

And now when I speak of my native land, I speak with love and pride

For I have seen the Heilands

I have seen the low

And I will brag of my native land

Wherever I may go

Old Nature took a tantrum many's an age gone by

To outdo all of her wondrous works, she thought she'd have a try

She toiled and she thundered, she rumbled and she rolled

She made the Heilands of Scotland then

She threw away the mould

I have seen the Heilands

I have seen the low

And I will brag of my native land

Wherever I may go

Come rambling up by Oban, strolling down by Perth

In the rugged hills of Argylleshire find the sweetest place on Earth

Go gazing by the Cuillins, see the Lomond in the mist

In the lovely island of Mulla hear the songbird at his best

I have seen the Heilands

I have seen the low

And I will brag of my native land

Wherever I may go

With the Irish and the English, the African and Turk

For a world of joy and of harmony, together we will work

On the shores of foreign brothers we'll lay no robber's hand

And all we wish is to toil and live in our own native land

I have seen the Heilands

I have seen the low

And I will brag of my native land

Wherever I may go