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Come all ye young lasses whar hae ye been<br>
Sae sleepy and drowsy, I ken by your een<br>
In all the wide world, you’ll ne’er find a frien’<br>
Like the lads that were reared among heather

Awa’ wi’yer satins, yer silks and yer shawls<br>
Yer soirees and yer parties and yer elegant balls<br>
For a dance in the barn’s worth ten in the hall<br>
Wi’ the lads that were reared among heather<br>

Tak’ a walk roon yer cities, braw buildings outside<br>
Gaze on the splendours and the wonder with pride<br>
Fine ships have been built, on the banks o’ the Clyde<br>
By the lads that were reared among heather

Awa’  wi’ yer satins, yer silk and yer shawls<br>
Yer soirees and yer parties and yer elegant balls<br>
For a dance in the barn’s worth ten in the hall<br>
Wi the lads that were reared among heather

When the Queen wants some soldiers, she kens whaur to send<br>
To the mountains and valleys, the hills and the glens<br>
Wi’ their bonnets and plaids, they’re aye true tae the end<br>
Are the lads that wers reared among heather

Awa’ wi’ yer satins, yer silks and yer shawls<br>
Yer soirees and yer parties and yer elegant balls<br>
For a dance in the barn’s worth ten in the hall<br>
Wi the lads that were reared among heather

Now England can boast for the seet scented rose<br>
And Ireland can boast for the shamrock she grows<br>
But gi’ me the land, where the clear water flows<br>
And the mountains are covered with heather

Awa’  wi’ yer satins, yer silks and yer shawls,<br>
Yer soirees and yer parties and yer elegant balls<br>
For a dance in the barn’s worth ten in the hall<br>
Wi’ the lads that were reared among heather

Awa’ wi’ yer satins, yer silks and yer shawls<br>
Yer soirees and yer parties and yer elegant balls<br>
For a dance in the barn’s worth ten in the hall<br>
Wi’ the lads that were reared among heather
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