Way back when, way back when Heard a wild cat scream, heard the treetops moan When it was midnight on the lone mountain In the midnight, way back when I seen, oh I seen The rough hawk flying, gone round and round And me a laying on the cold, cold ground Laying there, what I seen Sara, Sara All I can give, all I can do Never be enough for a girl like you Like you, Sara So I'll go, so I'll go Way up the highlands, as far as I can And never come down from the lone mountain Up the mountain, where I'll go Up the mountain, where I'll go