Lyrics & Poems

Lyrics to Willie's Latest Single, "Bonnie Country"

So have you ever been up in the Highland hills when the sun was shining down  
On lofty Bens and silent Glens a hundred miles from town  
If you tell me no, then I must tell you go, those Highland hills to see  
My goodness me, the sights you'll see, up in that Bonnie Country.  
                                  That's Bonnie Country  

Where eagles fly up in the sky and lonely waters flow  
Lies beauty rare beyond compare, and that`s where you should go  
For there you'll stand in my homeland, more scenic you won't see  
My goodness me, wait 'til you see, you'll be in Bonnie Country  

When we were young, the cuckoo sang, the only song she knew  
We used to hear her in the hills round Gairloch and Loch Ewe  
Then she'd be gone, but her sweet song would linger hauntingly  
On lofty Bens and in the Glens up in that Bonnie Country  

Well then one day shores far away lured me and I gave in  
I left the Bens and silent Glens, my homeland and my kin  
As time went bye, sometimes I'd sigh, for scenes that used to be  
My goodness me, in memory, I roamed my Bonnie Country  

So when you land up in the Highland hills and the sun is shining down  
On lofty Bens and silent Glens a hundred miles from town  
I know you`ll smile through every mile and perhaps remember me  
My goodness me, I'd like to be, back in that Bonnie Country  
My goodness me, I'd like to be, back in that Bonnie Country.  
                              That's Bonnie Country ( at least two times fading out)