My Harry was a Gallant Gay (Poem by Robert Burns)

My Harry was a Gallant Gay (1)

By Robert Burns

My Harry was a gallant gay,

    Fu’ stately strode he on the plain:

But now he’s banish’d far away,

    I’ll never see him back again,

        O for him back again!

            O for him back again!

        I wad gie a’ Knockhaspie’s land

            For Highland Harry back again.

My Harry was a Gallant Gay (2)

When a’ the lave gae to their bed,

    I wander dowie up the glen;

I set me down and greet my fill,

    And ay I wish him back again.

My Harry was a Gallant Gay (3)

O were some villains hangit high.

    And ilka body had their ain!

Then I might see the joyfu’ sight,

    My Highland Harry back again.

        O for him back again!

            O for him back again!

        I wad gie a’ Knockhaspie’s land

            For Highland Harry back again.