Embo, Sutherland
For more information visit Grannie's
Heilan Hame Holiday Park web site
Here's a traditional Scottish song about a Highland lad
who left the thatched cottage and his Grandmother in the Highland
hills to seek his fortune in another part of the world.
Granny's Hielan' Hame
Chorus:
When the heather bells are blooming just outside Granny's door,
Where as laddies there we played in days of long ago.
Neath the shadow of Ben Bhraggie and Golspie's lordly stane,
How I wish that I could see my Granny's Hielan' hame.
Far away in the Hielands
There stands a wee hoose,
And it stands on the breast of the brae.
Where we played as laddies
Sae long long ago,
And it seems it was just yesterday.
Chorus
I can still see old Granny,
A smile on her face,
Just as clear as the heather dew,
When she kissed me good-bye
Wi' a tear in her eye,
Saying, 'Laddie may God bless you'.
Chorus
- Meaning of some Highland words:
brae=hillside
- stane=stone
( Granny's Heilan' Hame is one of over
180 Scottish songs featured on Rampant Scotland web site.)