TheHighlandWidow'sLament

thehighlandwidow'slament

ohiamcometothelowcountrie,

ochon,ochon,ochrie!

withoutapennyinmypurse,

tobuyamealtome.

itwasnasaeinthehighlandhills,

ochon,ochon,ochrie!

naewomaninthecountrywide,

saehappywasasme.

forthenihadascoreo'kye,

ochon,ochon,ochrie!

feedingonyouhillsaehigh,

andgivingmilktome.

andthereihadthreescoreo'yowes,

ochon,ochon,ochrie!

skippingonyonbonieknowes,

andcastingwoo'tome.

iwasthehappiestofa'theclan,

sair,sair,mayirepine;

fordonaldwasthebrawestman,

anddonaldhewasmine.

tillcharliestewartcamatlast,

saefartosetusfree;

mydonald'sarmwaswantedthen,

forscotlandandforme.

theirwaefu'fatewhatneeditell,

righttothewrangdidyield;

mydonaldandhiscountryfell,

uponcullodenfield.

ohiamcometothelowcountrie,

ochon,ochon,ochrie!

naewomaninthewarldwide,

saewretchednowasme.