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Rh O what, lassie, what, if your Highland lad be slain?

O what, lassie, what, if your Highland lad be slain?

O no! true love will be his guard, and bring him safe again;

For I never could live without my Highlandman!

O when, and O when, will your Highland lad come hame?

O when, and O when, will your Highland lad come hame?

Whene'er the war is over, he'll return to me with fame;

And I'll plait a wreath of flowers for my lovely Highlandman.

O what will you claim for your constancy to him?

O what will you claim for your constancy to him?

I'll claim a priest to marry us, a clerk to say Amen;

And I'll ne'er part again from my bonnie Highlandman.