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Leezie Lindsay
This lively Scots song by Robert Burns is about a Highland lord asking a woman from the Lowlands to be his wife and live with him in the Highlands of Scotland. Scots singer Cameron Nixon tells us how it all worked out.
Leezie Lindsay
by Robert Burns
Will ye gang tae the heilans, Leezie Lindsay,
Will ye gang tae the heilans wi me
Will ye gang tae the heilans, Leezie Lindsay
Ma bride and ma darlin tae be.
Tae gang tae the heilans wi you sir,
Wid bring the saut tear tae ma ee
Aye at leavin the green glens and woodlands
And streams o ma ain country.
Will ye gang tae the heilans, Leezie Lindsay,
Will ye gang tae the heilans wi me
Will ye gang tae the heilans, Leezie Lindsay
Ma bride and ma darlin tae be.
I’ll show ye the red deer a-roamin,
On mountains whar waves the tall pine
And as far as the bound o the red deer,
Ilk moorland and mountain is mine.
Will ye gang tae the heilans, Leezie Lindsay,
Will ye gang tae the heilans wi me
Will ye gang tae the heilans, Leezie Lindsay
Ma bride and ma darlin tae be.
There’s dancin and joy in the heilans,
There’s pipin and gladness and glee.
For Argyll has brocht hame Leezie Lindsay,
His bride and his darlin tae be.
Will ye gang tae the heilans, Leezie Lindsay,
Will ye gang tae the heilans wi me
Will ye gang tae the heilans, Leezie Lindsay
Ma bride and ma darlin tae be.
Will ye gang tae the heilans, Leezie Lindsay,
Will ye gang tae the heilans wi me
Will ye gang tae the heilans, Leezie Lindsay
Ma bride and ma darlin tae be.
Will ye gang tae the heilans, Leezie Lindsay,
Will ye gang tae the heilans wi me
Will ye gang tae the heilans, Leezie Lindsay
Ma bride and ma darlin tae be.
Tae gang tae the heilans wi you sir,
Wid bring the saut tear tae ma ee
Aye at leavin the green glens and woodlands
And streams o ma ain country.
Will ye gang tae the heilans, Leezie Lindsay,
Will ye gang tae the heilans wi me
Will ye gang tae the heilans, Leezie Lindsay
Ma bride and ma darlin tae be.
I’ll show ye the red deer a-roamin,
On mountains whar waves the tall pine
And as far as the bound o the red deer,
Ilk moorland and mountain is mine.
Will ye gang tae the heilans, Leezie Lindsay,
Will ye gang tae the heilans wi me
Will ye gang tae the heilans, Leezie Lindsay
Ma bride and ma darlin tae be.
There’s dancin and joy in the heilans,
There’s pipin and gladness and glee.
For Argyll has brocht hame Leezie Lindsay,
His bride and his darlin tae be.
Will ye gang tae the heilans, Leezie Lindsay,
Will ye gang tae the heilans wi me
Will ye gang tae the heilans, Leezie Lindsay
Ma bride and ma darlin tae be.
Will ye gang tae the heilans, Leezie Lindsay,
Will ye gang tae the heilans wi me
Will ye gang tae the heilans, Leezie Lindsay
Ma bride and ma darlin tae be.