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My Heather Land

from The Soul of Democracy by Alan Dickson

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Lyrics by William Thom, published in the Northern Star 1847. Air ‘The Highland Watch’

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My heather land, my heather land!
My dearest pray’r be thine;
Altho’ upon thy hapless heath,
There breathes nae friend o’ mine.
The lanely few that Heaven has spar’d
Fend on a foreign strand;
And I maun wait to weep wi’ thee,
My hameless heather land!

My heather land, my heather land!
Though fairer lands there be,
Thy gow’nie braes in early days,
Were gowden ways to me.
Maun life’s poor boon gae dark’ning doun,
Nor die whaur it had dawn’d,
But claught a grave ayont the wave!
Alas! My heather land!

My heather land, my heather land!
Though chilling winter pours
His freezing breath roun’ fireless hearth,
Whaur breadless misery cow’rs;
Yet breaks the light that soon shall blight
The godless reivin’ hand –
When withered tyranny shall reel
Frae our rous’d heather land!

Ayont, beyond; Baes, knolls; Claught, catch; Doun, down; Fend, struggle for subsistence; Gow’nied, daisied; Maun, must; Whaur, where; Reivin’, despoiling

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from The Soul of Democracy, released June 24, 2017

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Alan Dickson Glasgow, UK

Scottish singer songwriter Alan Dickson was born in Leith but now based in Glasgow. Alan writes about life in Scotland and beyond, mainly of a personal and political nature.

Descended from a Leith docker, he remarks: "as life mimics art I'm just like my grandfather, only he used a rivet gun and I use a guitar."

Among his influences are Robert Burns, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan and Dick Gaughan.
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