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1. Far frae my hame I wander,
   But still my thoughts return
   To my ain folk ower yonder,
   In the sheilling by the burn
   I see the cosy ingle,
   And the mist abune the brae
   And the joy and sadness mingle,
   As I list some auld-warld lay
   
   And it's ohl but I'm longing for my ain folk
   Tho' they be but lowly, puir and plain folk
   I am far beyond the sea, but my heart will ever be
   At hame in dear auld Scotland wi’ my ain folk
2. O' their absent ane they're telling,
   The auld folk by the fire
   And I mark the swift tears swelling,
   As the ruddy flame leaps high’r
   How the mither wad caress me,
   Were I but by her side
   Now she prays that heav'n will bless me,
   Though the stormy seas divide
   
   And it's ohl but I'm longing for my ain folk
   Tho' they be but lowly, puir and plain folk
   I am far beyond the sea, but my heart will ever be
   At hame in dear auld Scotland wi’ my ain folk

Words - Wilfred Mills
Music - L Lemon