The Heart of Midlothian

If you're strolling around Auld Reekie
   And you're wandering up by the Mound,
If you just take a trip doon the High Street
   You'll come to a heart in the ground
It's the centre of this dear old city
   It's a sort of a wishing well too
      But you don't have to drink
      You don't have to think
   I'll tell what you've got to do -

CHORUS:  At the Heart of Midlothian outside St Giles
(twice)     It's the one lucky spot
            That Edinburgh's got
         That will change all your cares into smiles
            Things look ugly today,
            Make a wish Pht! they'll be gay
         Just like Hans Christian Andersen's duck
         The Heart of Midlothian will bring you luck.

Now you've heard of the luck of the Irish
   And the power of the old Blarney Stone
White Heather brings luck in the Highlands
   But I've got a spot of my own
It's not at the famed Monte Carlo
   And it's not at the Fountains of Rome
      No it's up the Royal Mile
      I'll do it in style
   In the city that I call my home.

CHORUS:   At the Heart of Midlothian outside St Giles
(twice)      So if you're passing by
             Just go Pht! have a try
          It will change all your cares into smiles
             If you play at the game
             Just remember the name
          It's the same as the team with the Cup
          The Heart of Midlothian will cheer you up
(in coda) The Heart of Midlothian will bring you luck.

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