Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79.

Teviotdale

The Emigrant’s Farewell

By Thomas Pringle (1789–1834)

OUR native land, our native vale,

A long and last adieu!

Farewell to bonny Teviotdale,

And Cheviot mountains blue.

Farewell, ye hills of glorious deeds,

And streams renowned in song;

Farewell, ye braes and blossomed meads,

Our hearts have loved so long.

Farewell, the blithesome broomy knowes,

Where thyme and harebells grow;

Farewell, the hoary, haunted howes,

O’erhung with birk and sloe.

The mossy cave and mouldering tower

That skirt our native dell,

The martyr’s grave, and lover’s bower,

We bid a sad farewell!

Home of our love! our father’s home!

Land of the brave and free!

The sail is flapping on the foam

That bears us far from thee!

We seek a wild and distant shore,

Beyond the western main;

We leave thee to return no more,

Nor view thy cliffs again!

Our native land, our native vale,

A long and last adieu!

Farewell to bonny Teviotdale,

And Scotland’s mountains blue!