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| Loch Lomond is an old Jacobite Air. It is based on an older folk tune Robin Cushie (Kind Robin Loves Me), in McGibbons Scots Tunes Book I, dated 1742. The words are attributed to Lady John Scott (1810-1900) who adapted a broadside by Sanderson of Edinburgh (1838). The version we are familiar with today is said to have first appreared in print in Poets and Poetry of Scotland (1876).
Folklore has it that the words were written by a captured Jacobite solider in Carlisle Castle in 1745. Two soldiers were captured and one lived (took the high road) and the other was executed. This is a nice addition to Jacobite folklore, but otherwise is not true. |
By yon bonnie banks And by yon bonnie braes, Where the sun shines bright On Loch Lomond Oh we twa ha'e pass'd sae mony blithesome days, 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 ye', But wae is my heart until we meet again On the Bonnie, bonnie banks O' Loch Lomond. I mind where 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 |