The Two Babes in the Wood (1828)/The Highland laddie

by Robert Burns

For other versions of this work, see The Highland Laddie (Burns).

BONNY HIGHLAND LADDIE.

The bonniest lad that e'er I saw,
⁠Bonny laddie, Highland laddie,
Wore a plaid, and was fu' braw,
⁠Bonny Highland laddie.
On his head a bonnet blue,
⁠Bonny laddie, Highland laddie,
His loyal heart was firm and true,
⁠Bonny Highland laddie.

Trumpets sound, and cannons roar,
⁠Bonnie lassie, Lowland lassie;
And a' the hills wi' echoes roar,
⁠Bonnie Lowland lassie.
Glory, honour, now invite,
⁠Bonny lassie, Lowland lassie,
For freedom and my king to fight,
⁠Bonnie Lowland lassie.

The sun a backward course shall take,
⁠Bonny Laddie, Highland Laddie,
Ere ought thy manly courage shake,
⁠Bonny Highland Laddie.
Go, for yourself procure renown,
⁠Bonny laddie, Highlaud laddie;
And for your lawful king his crown,
⁠Bonny Highland laddie.

FINIS.