Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 200. Song—The Young Highland Rover |
| | | | | Tune—“Morag.” |
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| LOUD blaw the frosty breezes, | |
| The snaws the mountains cover; | |
| Like winter on me seizes, | |
| Since my young Highland rover | |
| Far wanders nations over. | 5 |
| Where’er he go, where’er he stray, | |
| May heaven be his warden; | |
| Return him safe to fair Strathspey, | |
| And bonie Castle-Gordon! | |
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| The trees, now naked groaning, | 10 |
| Shall soon wi’ leaves be hinging, | |
| The birdies dowie moaning, | |
| Shall a’ be blythely singing, | |
| And every flower be springing; | |
| Sae I’ll rejoice the lee-lang day, | 15 |
| When by his mighty Warden | |
| My youth’s return’d to fair Strathspey, | |
| And bonie Castle-Gordon. | |
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