Note 15 — WILLIAM GARDINER.
Reading edition
At the request of one Roger, a music-master in Edinburgh, who had obtained a copy of the first two stanzas, a third was added by Mr Robert Chambers, and in this form the song appears in some of the collections. Mr Chambers's stanza proceeds thus:—
In southern climes the radiant sun A brighter light displays; But I love best his milder beams That shine on Scotland's braes. Then dear, romantic native land If e'er I roam from thee, I'll ne'er forget the cheering lay; O Scotland's hills for me!