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ROBERT BURNS.

II. Farewell to the mountains high cover'd with snow, Farewell to the straths and green valleys below, Farewell to the forests and wild-hanging woods, Farewell to the torrents and loud-pouring floods ! Chorus. My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer, A-chasing the wild deer and following the roe— My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go!

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Thou Lingering Star.

I. THOU ling'ring star with less'ning ray,  That lov'st to greet the early morn, Again thou usher'st in the day  My Mary from my soul was torn. O Mary, dear departed shade!  Where is thy place of blissful rest? See'st thou thy lover lowly laid?  Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast? II. That sacred hour can I forget,  Can I forget the hallow'd grove, Where, by the winding Ayr, we met  To live one day of parting love?

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