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By yon bonnie banks And by yon bonnie braes,
Where the sun shines bright On Loch Lomond
Where me and my true love where ever want to be
On the bonnie, bonnie banks O' Loch Lomond.
-- Chorus
Oh ye'll tak' the high road and I'll tak' the low road,
An' I'll be in Scotland before you,
But me and my ture love shall never meet again
by the Bonnie, bonnie banks O' Loch Lomond.
'twas there that we parted In yon shady glen
On the steep, steep side O' Ben Lomon'
Where in purple hue The highland hills we view
And the morn shines out Frae the gloamin'
Chorus
The wee bird may sing
An' the wild flowers spring;
An' in sunshine the waters are sleepin'
But the broken heart
It sees nae second spring,
And the world does na ken
How we're greetin'
Chorus
Whither away, my bonnie, bonnie May
So late and so far in the gloamin'
The mist gathers grey o'er muirland and brae
Oh! whither alane art thou roamin'
I trysted my ain love the night in the broom
My Ranald wha loves me sae dearly
For the morrow he marches for Edinburgh toon
To fecht for the King and Prince Chairlie
Chorus
Yet, why weep you sae, my bonnie, bonnie May
Your true love from battle returning
His darling will claim at the height o' his fame
And change into gladness her mourning
Oh! weel may I weep - yestreen in my sleep
We stood bride and bridegroom thegither
But his lips and his breath were as chilly as death
And his heart's bluid was red on the heather
Chorus
Oh, dauntless in battle as tender in love
He'd yield ne'er a foot to the foeman
And never again frae the field o' the slain
To Moira he'll come and Loch Lomond
The thistle shall bloom, and the King hae his ain
And fond lovers meet in the gloamin'
But I and my true love will yet meet again
By the bonnie bonnie banks of Loch Lomond
-- Last refrain Chorus
Oh ye'll tak' the high road and I'll tak' the low road,
An' I'll be in Scotland before you,
But me and my ture love shall yet meet again
by the Bonnie, bonnie banks O' Loch Lomond.
Note: A haunting celtic traditional tune.
There have been many interpretations of the song, here is the one I find most likely:
The story is of two Scottish soldiers who were captured while fighting for Bonnie Prince Charles in Carlisle as part of the Jacobite uprising to put the Stuarts back on the throne in 1745.
The Soldier singing, the one who will take the Low road, will be walking the Paths of the Dead, since he is to be executed, and the olther soldier is to be released to walk home.
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