A Highland Lad My Love Was Born (chrom)

by Scottish folk song by Robert Burns

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A HIGHLAND LAD MY LOVE WAS BORN chrom
W: Robert Burns
Scottish folk melody 'The White Cockade'
Key: A
Time: 2/4

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A High-land lad my love was born
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The Law-land laws he held in scorn
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But he still was faith-fu' to his clan
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My gal-lant braw John High-land man
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Sing hey my braw John High-land man
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Sing ho my braw John High-land man
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There's no' a lad in a' the lan'
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Was match wi' my John High-land man