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Braes of Sutherland

by Wolfstone

on Year of the Dog (1994)

Farewell you braes o' Sutherland,
I'll ne'er see you no more
For I must take a strangers path
And leave my native shore
My friends and my acquaintances
I'll give you now my hand
For I will ne'er be back again
On the Braes o' Sutherland

To the ridges of the old Ben More,
I bid a fond adieu
To Rosehall and to Bonar Bridge,
I leave my heart with you
To the rolling banks o' the Oykel
And to Dornoch's gentle sands
I wish you well my comrades there
On the Braes of Sutherland

Farewell you roads to Spinningdale,
This chapter now will close
To the ghosts that lie at Carbisdale
And the downfall of Montrose
To Ardgay and to Invershin,
No more I'll walk your sands
For I have to leave my memories
On the Braes of Sutherland

I now will leave my native home
For the shores of America
My love I leave behind me now,
I can no longer stay
The orders from the castle came
And by the Duke's right hand
I fear that I must leave thee there
On the Braes of Sutherland