Redcoats burned our Highland home Wife and family up in smoke I believe someday I'll see them again I'll greet them in a greener glen Face the north wind flags unfold I'll fight for a clan of one truth told Not afraid to die not afraid to go Tell them I'm returning home To another life
Unearth the sword I foreswore to use When all is lost there's nothing to lose Hunger and thirst are nothing to me I'll bend to no man on my knee Keen my glance, sharpen my blade They'll learn a different tune today Tread softly for you tread on my grave Drums in the clouds, pipers play In another life
Some men sell their country for gold Sell their children, squander their soul Keep your council while others rave The loudest tongues easily betrayed I dream standing up when I have the time Drowned by an English hand Bury me quick, bury me still In yon riverbed if fate wills In another life