Royal Charlie's now awa, <br /> Safely owre the friendly main; <br /> Mony a heart will break in twa, <br /> Should he ne'er come back again. <br /> Will you no come back again? <br /> Will you no come back again? <br /> Better lo'ed you'll never be, <br /> And will you no come back again? <br /> <br /> Mony a traitor 'mang the isles <br /> Brak the band o' nature's law; <br /> Mony a traitor, wi' his wiles, <br /> Sought to wear his life awa. <br /> Will he no come back again? <br /> Will he no come back again? <br /> Better lo'ed he'll never be, <br /> And will he no come back again? <br /> <br /> The hills he trode were a' his ain, <br /> And bed beneath the birken tree; <br /> The bush that hid him on the plain, <br /> There's none on earth can claim but he. <br /> Will he no come back again? <br /> Will he no come back again? <br /> Better lo'ed he'll never be, <br /> And will he no come back again? <br /> <br /> Whene'er I hear the blackbird sing, <br /> Unto the e'ening sinking down, <br /> Or merl that makes the woods to ring, <br /> To me they hae nae ither soun', <br /> Than, Will he no come back again? <br /> Will he no come back again? <br /> Better lo'ed he'll never be, <br /> And will he no come back again? <br /> <br /> Mony a gallant sodger fought, <br /> Mony a gallant chief did fa'; <br /> Death itself were dearly bought, <br /> A' for Scotland's king and law. <br /> Will he no come back again? <br /> Will he no come back again? <br /> Better lo'ed he'll never be, <br /> And will he no come back again? <br /> <br /> Sweet the lav'rock's note and lang, <br /> Lilting wildly up the glen; <br /> And aye the o'erword o' the sang <br /> Is "Will he no come back again?" <br /> Will he no come back again? <br /> Will he no come back again? <br /> Better lo'ed he'll never be, <br /> And will he no come back again?<br /><br />Anonymous Americas<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/will-he-no-come-back-again-2/
