Daughter of the Highlands

From the word start, my feet set to wander Down shady lanes in the morning Endlessly searching in restless abandon Reaching for my Hannah Daughter of the Highlands With eyes full of gauze and shoes full of gravel I don't know the way, still l follow Down through the ages, eternally longing Combing the highlands for my Hannah And when I get to town, I'll dance you all around Drain the old malt barrel we'll be smiling We'll laugh 'til we cry, and make love 'til we die Oh, how I've missed you Hannah Daughter of the Highland I've endured battle scars, my best years in the trenches And cruel sounds of war that can't be silenced Well, it left my ears a-ringing, still I hear Hannah singing Calling my heart back to the highlands In my dreams you're always young, although now you'd be much older Your face still unchanged, your eyes still crying From the day you got the letter that told you I would never Make it home to you, my Hannah Daughter of the Highlands And when I get to town, I'll dance you all around Drain the old malt barrel and be smiling Then we'll laugh 'til we cry, and make love 'til we die Oh, how I've missed you Hannah Daughter of the Highlands In the still hour of dawn like a vapour rushing over The waters of time our love keeps riding Not just mine but all my brothers and so many others Still haunting across the misty highlands For though your darling boys who went away to join Have left this world, and never more you'll find them But our souls go marching on, and you'll hear us like a song When the wind comes a whistling through the highlands We'll laugh 'til we cry, and make love 'til we die Oh, how we've missed those daughters of the Highlands