Wee Hoos Mang the Heather
First Published | 1912 |
Writer/composer | Harry Lauder and Gilbert Wells / Fred Elton and Harry Lauder | Roud | RN24152 |
Music Hall Performers | Harry Lauder |
Folk performances | Collected from the singing of: Hutchison, Robin; Scotland; 1960-90 |
[SPOKEN] I am going to tell ye, I had a letter from my mither yesterday and she said in her letter that Somebody was asking very kindly for me and sends their love. Of course, I ken who that Somebody is – Maggie. Of course, you don't Ken Maggie. Well, Maggie lives beside my mither just a wee bit roon the hill, so that's why I'm going to tell you aboot Maggie's hoos. The wee hoos 'mong the heather There's a wee hoose on the hillside that I haven't seen for years. I've an awful longing feeling and my eyes whiles dim wi' tears When I think on a' the happy days I spent beside that spot, And the games we played as laddies there will never be forgot. There's a wee hoose 'mang the heather; there's a wee hoose o'er the sea. There's a lassie in that wee hoose waitin' patiently for me. She's the picture o' perfection, O! I wouldna tell a lee. If ye seen her ye would love her just the same as me. Though A'm far awa' frae Scotland and the scenes I lo'e sae weel, There's a beat for the auld country that in ev'ry pulse I feel, For though other lands are bonnie and the other folks are kind, There is one scene and one only that is ever in my mind.
One of a number of Harry Lauder songs which have entered the repertoire of Scottish traditional singers.
Sources:
- Entries in the Roud Indexes at the Vaughn Williams Memorial Library: https://archives.vwml.org/search/all:single[folksong-broadside-books]/0_50/all/score_desc/extended-roudNo_tr%3A24152
- Kilgarrif Sing Us
- Lyrics and Sheet Music: Francis and Day’s 34th Annual p10 (personal oleection)
- Irish Sheet Music Archives