The Music Of Scotland



    Will Ye No' Come Back Again?

    Bonnie Charlie's noo awa
    Safely o'er the friendly main
    Mony a heart will break in twa
    Should he ne'er come back again.

    Chorus
    Will ye no' come back again?
    Will ye no' come back again?
    Better lo'ed ye canna be
    Will ye no' come back again?


    Ye trusted in your Hielan' men
    They trusted you, dear Charlie
    They kent your hiding in the glen
    Death or exile braving.

    English bribes were a' in vain
    Tho' puir, and puirer, we maurn be
    Siller canna buy the heat
    That beats aye for thine and thee.

    We watch'd thee in the gloamin' hour
    We watch'd thee in the mornin' grey
    Tho' thirty thousand pound they gie
    Oh, there is nane that wad betray!


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