Classic Poem

DEPARTURE FOR THE CONTINENT WITH HIS REGIMENT IN 1799 .

AIR. — THE BLUE BELL OF SCOTLAND .

" O H where, tell me where, is your Highland Laddie gone?
" Oh where, tell me where, is your Highland Laddie gone?"
" He's gone with streaming banners, where noble deeds are " done,
" And my sad heart will tremble, till he come safely home.
" He's gone with streaming banners, where noble deeds are " done,
" And my sad heart will tremble, till he come safely home. "

" O where, tell me where, did your Highland Laddie stay?
" O where, tell me where, did your Highland Laddie stay?"
" He dwelt beneath the holly-trees, beside the rapid Spey ,
" And many a blessing follow'd him, the day he went away.
" He dwelt beneath the holly-trees, beside the rapid Spey ,
" And many a blessing follow'd him, the day he went " away, "

" O what, tell me what, does your Highland Laddie wear?
O what, tell me what, does your Highland Laddie wear?"
" A bonnet with a lofty plume, the gallant badge of war,
" And a plaid across the manly breast, that yet shall wear " a star,
" A bonnet with a lofty plume, the gallant badge of war,
" And a plaid across the manly breast, that yet shall wear " a star. "

" Suppose, ah suppose that some cruel cruel wound
" Should pierce your Highland Laddie, and all your hopes " confound!"
" The pipe would play a cheering march, the banners round " him fly,
" The spirit of a Highland chief would lighten in his eye!
" The pipe would play a cheering march, the banners round " him fly,
" And for his king and country dear with pleasure he would " die! "

" But I will hope to see him yet in Scotland's bonny bounds,
" But I will hope to see him yet in Scotland's bonny bounds,
" His native land of liberty shall nurse his glorious wounds,
" While wide through all our Highland hills his warlike name " resounds:
" His native land of liberty shall nurse his glorious wounds,
" While wide through all our Highland hills his warlike name " resounds. "