The Book of Scottish Song/Hame 2

Hame.

[By John Dougal, formerly of Paisley now of Montreal.]

Oh! tell na me that this is hame,—
It is nae hame to me:
Ilk thing is fremit to my heart,
An' unco to my e'e.

If I could see the bonnie brume
On ilka sandy knowe;
An' the whins in a' their gowden pride,
On green hill sides that grow:

If I could see the primrose blume
In mony a hazel glen,
Whar linties chirp, and merles sing,
Far free the step o' men:

If I could see the morning sun
Glint owre the dewy corn,
While a thousan' laverocks in the sky
Are welcoming the morn:

If I could see the gowan spread
Its wee flowers on the lea,
An' the heather blume on the mountain bare,
And the ivy climb the tree:

If I could see the sunny kirk-yard,
Whar my frien's lie side by side,
And think that I could lay my banes
Beside them when I died:—

Then might I think that this was hame,
And gladly live and dee,
Nor feel this want at my heart's core,
My native land, for thee.

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