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My Ain Folk - John McDermott

Far frae my hame I wander

But still my thoughts return

To my ain folk over yonder

In the sheiling by the burn

I see the cosy ingle

And the mist

Upon the brae

And joy and sadness mingle

As I list some auld world lay

And it' oh but I'm longing for my ain folk

Though they be but lowly pure and plain folk

I am far beyond the sea

But my heart will always be

At home in dear old Scotland

Wi' my ain folk

A bonnie lassie's greetin'

Tho' she tries tae stay the tears

And sweet will be

Our meeting

After many weary years

How my mother will caress me

When I'm standing by her side

Now she prays that heaven will bless me

Through the stormy seas divide

And it' oh but I'm longing for my ain folk

Though they be but lowly pure and plain folk

I am far beyond the sea

But my heart will always be

At home in dear old Scotland

Wi' my ain folk

I am far beyond the sea

But my heart will always be

At home in dear old Scotland

Wi' my ain folk