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He made all countries where he came his own.
He made all countries where he came his own.
 My dear, my native soil!
 For whom my warmest wish to Heav'n is sent,
  Long may thy read more 
 My dear, my native soil!
 For whom my warmest wish to Heav'n is sent,
  Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil
   Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content! 
 Oh, Christ! it is a goodly sight to see
 What Heaven hath done for this delicious land!  
 Oh, Christ! it is a goodly sight to see
 What Heaven hath done for this delicious land! 
 So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar,
 But bind him to his native mountains more.  
 So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar,
 But bind him to his native mountains more. 
 The infant, on opening his eyes, ought to see his country, and to 
the hour of his death never read more 
 The infant, on opening his eyes, ought to see his country, and to 
the hour of his death never lose sight of it.
 [Fr., Un enfant en ouvrant ses yeux doit voir la patrie, et 
jusqu'a la mort ne voir qu'elle.] 
 Our country is wherever we are well off.
 [Lat., Patria est, ubicunque est bene.]  
 Our country is wherever we are well off.
 [Lat., Patria est, ubicunque est bene.] 
 Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
 Who never to himself hath said,
  This is my read more 
 Breathes there the man with soul so dead,
 Who never to himself hath said,
  This is my own, my native land!
   Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd,
    As home his footsteps he hath turn'd,
     From wandering on a foreign strand! 
 And nobler is a limited command,
 Given by the love of all your native land,
  Than a read more 
 And nobler is a limited command,
 Given by the love of all your native land,
  Than a successive title, long and dark,
   Drawn from the mouldy rolls of Noah's Ark. 
My foot is on my native heath, and my name is MacGregor.
My foot is on my native heath, and my name is MacGregor.