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Song:
A HIGHLAND LAD MY LOVE WAS BORN hi-lo
W: Robert Burns
Scottish folk melody “The White Cockade”
Key: A
Time: 2/4
1-1 2 2 2 -11 2 2 2
4-4 5 5 5 -44 5 5 5
A High-land lad my love was born
4 3 2 -2”2 -11 2 -1 -1
7 6 5 -5 5 -44 5 -4 -4
The Law-land laws he held in scorn
1 -1 2 2 -2”2 -11 2 3 4
4 -4 5 5 -5 5 -44 5 6 7
But he still was faith-fu’ to his clan
4-4 5 -44-3 -44 -3-3” 3 2 2
7-8 8 -87-7 -87 -7-6 6 5 5
My gal-lant braw John High-land man
2 -2” 3 2 4 2 3 3 3
5 -5 6 5 7 5 6 6 6
Sing hey my braw John High-land man
-3” 3 2 4 -3 4 -4 -1 -1
-6 6 5 7 -7 7 -8 -4 -4
Sing ho my braw John High-land man
1 -1 2 2 -2”2-1 12 3 4
4 -4 5 5 -55 -4 45 6 7
There’s no’ a lad in a’ the lan’
4-4 5 -4 4-3 -44-3-3” 3 2 2
7-8 8 -8 7-7 -87-7-6 6 5 5
Was match wi’ my John High-land man
