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THE CONVICT'S RETURN by WILLIAM MCGONAGALL

First Line: YE MOUNTAINS AND GLENS OF FAIR SCOTLAND I'M WITH YE ONCE AGAIN
Last Line: I WILL BID YE ALL GOOD-BYE.
Subject(s): HOMECOMING; PRISONS & PRISONERS; REUNIONS; TOGETHERNESS;
Ye mountains and glens of fair Scotland I'm with ye once again,
During my absence from ye my heart was like to break in twain;
Oh! how I longed to see you and the old folks at home,
And with my lovely Jeannie once more in the green woods to roam.

Now since I've returned safe home again
I will try and be content
With my lovely Jeannie at home,
And forget my banishment.

My Jeannie and me will get married,
And I will be to her a good man,
And we'll live happy together,
And do the best we can.

I hope my Jeannie and me
Will always happy be,
And never feel discontent;
And at night at the fireside
I'll relate to her the trials of my banishment.

But now I will never leave my Jeannie again
Until the day I die;
And before the vital spark has fled
I will bid ye all good-bye.



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