| William Wilfred Campbell, comp. The Oxford Book of Canadian Verse. 1913. | | | | The Highland Emigrant’s Last Farewell | | By Evan MacColl (1808–1898) |
| | | ADIEU, my native land; adieu, | |
| The banks of fair Lochfyne, | |
| Where the first breath of life I drew, | |
| And would my last resign! | |
| Swift sails the bark that wafteth me | 5 |
| This night from thy loved strand; | |
| Oh, must it be my last of thee, | |
| My dear, dear fatherland! | |
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| O Scotland! o’er the Atlantic roar | |
| Though fated to depart, | 10 |
| Nor time nor space can e’er efface | |
| Thine image from my heart. | |
| Come weal, come woe, till life’s last throe, | |
| My Highland home shall seem | |
| An Eden bright in Fancy’s light, | 15 |
| A heaven in Memory’s dream! | |
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| Land of the maids of matchless grace, | |
| The bards of matchless song, | |
| Land of the bold heroic race | |
| That never brooked a wrong! | 20 |
| Long in the front of nations free | |
| May Scotland proudly stand; | |
| Farewell to thee, farewell to thee, | |
| My dear, dear fatherland! | | | | |
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