Like the lift o' the wave
Frae its wat'ry shroud,
Like the rise o' the gull
Tae the scudderin' cloud,
My singin' upsterts
In the bright white day
Flingin' fu' wings
In the win'stream's way
While sea-tides turn
An birds fa' back.
On heidlans o' Heivin
My singin' sall brak.