Loch Lomond [traditional] Songs / Bardic Circle Date: Dec 19, 2003 - 02:21 PM 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. 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. This article comes from Phoenix Phamily - Supporting the Phoenix festivals community http://phoenixfestivals.com/ The URL for this story is: http://phoenixfestivals.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=323