The Sun rises bright in France

by Allan Cunningham

  And fair sets he; But he has tint the blythe blink he had   In my ain countree. O, it 's nae my ain ruin   That saddens aye my e'e, But the dear Marie I left behin'   Wi' sweet bairnies three. My lanely hearth burn'd bonnie,   And smiled my ain Marie; I've left a' my heart behin'   In my ain countree. The bud comes back to summer,   And the blossom to the bee; But I'll win back, O never,   To my ain countree. O, I am leal to high Heaven,   Where soon I hope to be, An' there I'll meet ye a' soon   Frae my ain countree!

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