The Highlander’s Farewell Songtext
von The McCalmans

Oh where shall I gae seek my bread
Oh where shall I gae wander
Or where shall I gae hide my head
For here I′ll bide nae langer

The seas may rowe, the winds may blow
And swathe me round in danger
But Scotland I may now forego
And roam a lonely stranger

The glen that was my father's own
Maun be by his forsaken
The house that was my father′s home
Is levelled with the bracken


Ochone! ochone! our glory's gone
Stole by a ruthless reiver
Our hands are on the broad claymore
But the might is broke forever

And thou, my prince, my injured prince
Thy people have disowned thee
Have hunted and have driven thee hence
With ruined chiefs around thee

Though hard beset, when I forgot
Thy fate, young hapless rover
This broken heart shall cease to beat
And all its griefs be over

Farewell, farewell, dear Caledon
Land of the Gael no longer
Strangers have trod thy glory on
In guile and treachery stronger


The brave and just sink in the dust
On ruin's brink they quiver
And pitying eye is closed on thee
Adieu, adieu for ever