My Heart's in the Highlands è una ballata del poeta scozzese Robert Burns, composta nel 1789 e cantata sulla melodia "Fàilte na Miosg".
Testo 1:
My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer; Chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe, My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.
2:
Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North, The birth-place of Valour, the country of Worth; Wherever I wander, wherever I rove, The hills of the Highlands forever I'll love.
(Ritornello:)
My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer; Chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe, My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.
3:
Farewell to the mountains, high-cover'd with snow, Farewell to the straths and green valleys below; Farewell to the forests and wild-hanging woods, Farewell to the torrents and loud-pouring floods.
(Ritornello:)
My heart's in the Highlands my heart is not here, My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer; Chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe, My heart's in the Highlands, wherev'r I go My heart's in the Highlands, farewell.
Adattamenti musicali Il compositore estone Arvo Pärt ha composto un arrangiamento per controtenore e organo di My Heart's in the Highlands.
My Heart's in the Highlands è stato anche adattato per lira e chitarra dall'artista folk ambient scozzese An Tuagh (Jamie Keddie).
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Collegamenti esterni
; Lorna Anderson, soprano; Concerto Caledonia directed by David McGuinness ; Michael Dillon; from the film The Charge of the Light Brigade
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