my heart's in the highlands

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 4:20 pm

the poet robert burns wrote "my heart's in the highlands"....my heart is in England. where is yours? .......... My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here,My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer -A-chasing the wild deer, and following the roe;My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go

Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North

The birth place of Valour, the country of Worth;

Wherever I wander, wherever I rove,

The hills of the Highlands for ever I love.

Farewell to the mountains high cover'd with snow;

Farewell to the straths and green valleys below;

Farewell to the forrests and wild-hanging woods;

Farwell to the torrents and loud-pouring floods.

My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here,

My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer

Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe;

My heart's in the Highlands, whereever I go.

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pina · Post by **pina** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 4:23 pm

Lovely poem...but I think your heart is with bothwell, its him not the country if he moved to outer mongolia you would go there to be with him.:-4

BabyRider · Post by **BabyRider** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 4:40 pm

ArnoldLayne wrote: What is it about England that you love.
'Cuz that's where Bothwell is! :-4

Sorry to answer for ya LC, but I knew that one!! :yh_bigsmi

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 4:41 pm

:-4 Such a beautiful poem LC you will be with that Harris Tweed wearing Bothwell soon..!!

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 4:59 pm

smart lady Pina. ... Arnold i have loved English history, literature and countryside all my life... not 'quaint', but brilliant. and evocative. what would Christmas be without Dickens? and of course i love an Englishman. i do admit a certain longing for victorian England, the brontes, jack the ripper, sherlock holmes, jane austin, oscar wilde, thatched roofs, the cotswolds...................

robinseggs · Post by **robinseggs** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 5:34 pm

ArnoldLayne wrote: Thats interesting LC. What is it about England that you love. Where have you visited ? I think our history is always an attraction to Americans. Do you still think we are quaint ?:D

I personally love how old Europe is! It fascinates me! I have not been to England but would love to. I have been to Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, and Italy. Would love to go back and see England. How I loved the milk and butter in Europe! Ok...back to the thread topic...sorry everyone!! lol..

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 5:36 pm

My heart is definitely in the Land o' Cotton. The deep deep South will always be my home, no matter where I live. There's a gusto and friendliness there not to be found anywhere else I've lived. Negatives? Sure, as there are everywhere. Dixie's my Mother and I love her, warts and all.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 6:11 pm

i also left a big piece of my heart in Mass. that's where i raised my children and lost my parents. my kids miss new england. so do i , in the autumn especially. :yh_pumpkn :yh_pumpkn :yh_pumpkn

robinseggs · Post by **robinseggs** » Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:16 pm

ArnoldLayne wrote: Well, if ANY of you are in England you are welcome to come round for tea. Just knock

......................................with scones????? lol.....

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 4:50 am

posted by arnold layne

Thats interesting LC. What is it about England that you love. Where have you visited ? I think our history is always an attraction to Americans. Do you still think we are quaint ?

Don't know about quaint but definitely strange. I think the North of england and scotland should declare independence from the south east why should we keep subsidising them?

Used to be quoting this Burn's poem would get your card` marked as a dangerous revolutionary

http://www.alba.org.uk/burns/aman.html

By Robert Burns, 1795

Is there for honest poverty

That hings his head, an a' that?

The coward slave, we pass him by -

We dare be poor for a' that!

For a' that, an a' that!

Our toils obscure, an a' that,

The rank is but the guinea's stamp,

The man's the gowd for a' that.

What though on hamely fare we dine,

Wear hodding grey, an a' that?

Gie fools their skills, and knaves their wine -

A man's a man for a' that.

For a' that, an a' that,

Their tinsel show, an a' that,

The honest man, tho e'er sae poor,

Is king o men for a' that.

Ye see yon birkie ca'd 'a lord,'

Wha struts, an stares, an a' that?

Tho hundreds worship at his word,

He's but a cuif for a' that.

For a' that, an a' that,

His ribband, star, an a' that,

The man o independent mind,

He looks an laughs at a' that.

A prince can mak a belted knight,

A marquis, duke, an a' that!

But an honest man's aboon his might -

Guid faith, he mauna fa' that!

For a' that, an a' that,

Their dignities, an a' that,

The pith o sense an pride o worth,

Are higher rank than a' that.

Then let us pray that come it may

(As come it will for a' that),

That Sense and Worth o'er a' the earth,

Shall bear the gree an a' that.

For a' that, an a' that,

It's coming yet for a' that,

That man to man, the world, o'er

Shall brithers be for a' that.

Let me know if you need a translation.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 6:06 am

GMC...great poetry by Burns! thanks, i need to go read some more.

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 7:40 am

My heart's in England, i could'nt think of living anywhere else.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 7:42 am

abbey wrote: My heart's in England, i could'nt think of living anywhere else.mine also...i can't wait to meet you for tea! :-4

abbey · Post by **abbey** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 7:48 am

lady cop wrote: mine also...i can't wait to meet you for tea! :-4 And crumpets!

observer1 · Post by **observer1** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:03 am

I would have to say my heart's in the Mississippi Gulf Coast. My first memories are of living in Gulfport MS. Riding bike to the beach & walking home from school along the railroad tracks. My brother & I would always stop at the firehall & get a soda from the soda machine. You remember the old machines, where you put your money in & had to PULL the bottles out? I HATED those machines! I could never get mine out!! Going to the Little General for candy & ice cream. I still visit down there, as my father is there. Still feels like I'm going home...

My boyfriend's family is from England, though. His parents came over to the US before he & his twin sister were born. His mother has since passed away. But they were from Fording Bridge (hope I spelled that right). Always wanted to go to England, myself. But he & his family always say "It's boring... nothing there worth seeing." What pessimists!

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 8:52 am

posted by arnold layne

My working class family and friends would love to learn about these subsidies that were available when they shut the cement factory they all worked in all their life and couldnt get jobs. We dont all live in leafy Surrey and study the Financial Times on our verandahs. There were coal mines in Kent before Maggie's little episode shut them down

O.K. how about the rest of the country stop subsidising London? The only good bit about london is they all think it's paradise, for goodness sake don't encourage them to travel about in case they realise how deprived they really are.

Bez · Post by **Bez** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 10:29 am

ArnoldLayne wrote: Well, if ANY of you are in England you are welcome to come round for tea. Just knock

I live in the next County to Arnold, so when he's run out of tea, you'll be welcome over to 'mine'. Come to the UK in May / June...probably the prettiest time of year.

Jerusalem by William Blake

And did those feet in ancient time

Walk upon EnglandÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s mountains green?

And was the Holy Lamb of God

On EnglandÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s pleasant pastures seen?

And did the countenance divine

Shine forth upon our clouded hills?

And was Jerusalem builded here

Among these dark satanic mills?

Bring me my bow of burning gold!

Bring me my arrows of desire!

Bring me my spear! O clouds, unfold!

Bring me my chariot of fire!

I will not cease from mental fight,

Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand,

Till we have built Jerusalem

In EnglandÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s green and pleasant land.

SUSSEX KENT

capt_buzzard · Post by **capt_buzzard** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 11:00 am

Oh Bez,

I just love that hymn.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:03 pm

GMC...you'll like this...my very favourite photo of my brother is him on a hill in Scotland playing the pipes (horribly i might add), and the photo i treasure most of my Mother is in a Scottish field of heather. she loved Scotland and the entire UK, and i used to laugh, she would call those sheep you have in the hills "wooley bully". fond memories. (wipes away a tear)... photo here is courtesy of Scotty, a brilliant Scottish photographer.

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lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 5:39 pm

i have to stop watching "monarch of the glen".

gmc · Post by **gmc** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:30 am

posted by ladycop

i have to stop watching "monarch of the glen".

Try Hamish Macbeth, much funnier

http://www.bbcamerica.com/genre/drama_m ... acbeth.jsp

http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/p ... /plockton/

Note the palm trees!

http://www.laggan.com/

We have a touring caravan we leave on site near to there so we can go up at the weekends, if you are not in to outdoor sports you would be amazed at what there isn't to do up there.

lady cop · Post by **lady cop** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 5:42 am

GMC that's torture, i can't get the programme!!! RATS!! i would love it! i am exploring the links, thankyou!