Legend of Loch Lomond

[scottishwizard1]

@runa007able1 they re singing correctly and if you dont know it you wee german dick in Scotland you drive on the left side of the road !!!!!

Anyway very nice video mate !!

Cheers !!!!

[StuffyDowding1940]

hey !!!!! You got to put the rest of that video up. I was just getting hooked in to the story and ....................cut short. Please put up more.

[runa007able1]

Die singen 1. falsch und fahren 2. auf der falschen Seite !

[brasileiro1701]

@runa007able1

Hast wohl in Geschichte nicht aufgepasst. Die Schotten (auch Briten, Japaner, Asutralier, sonstige Linksfahrer) fahren auf der richtigen Seite. Lies mal in Geschichtsbüchern über das Mittelalter nach bzgl. der Verteigung der Ladies durch die Ritter. Die Damen waren auf der linken Seite des Ritters, der mit der rechten Hand das Schwert führte, um die Dame zu schützen. Der Kampf wurde also von links nach rechts geführt. Deswegen fahren wir in D auf der falschen Seite.

[brasileiro1701]

@runa007able1

4 all English:

you have not been good in history. The Scots (as well as Britains, Japanese, Australish, all left drivers) are driving on the right site. Study history books again about the medieval age referring to defending of Ladies by knights. The Ladies have been on the left side, the knight had the sword in the right hand for saving the Lady. The fight had been fought from the left to the right. Bec. of that all continent. europeans r driving on the wrong side.

[danonutube1]

Lol the lowlanders were predominantly Protestant lol not catholic please forgive the typo

[gaconnochie]

@danonutube1 There were hardly any Catholics in Scotland in the 17th and 18thC. Small pockets on the mainland, some of Clad Donald, and several smaller island clans. Approximations have put the Catholic population of Scotland at that time at anywhere from about 2% - 5%. Probably nearer the 2%. Just because Jacobites from Ireland and England tended to be Catholic it doesn't mean Scotland was the same. Different histories! Religious conflict in 17thC Scotland was presbyterian v episcopalian.

[danonutube1]

@cloneoffred you are right in that there was Scotsmen fighting on both sides the highlanders were predominantly catholic and fought for the house of Stewart whilst the lowlanders who were predominantly catholic helped the English fight for the house of hangover like hefferman said

[gaconnochie]

@danonutube1 Actually there were Highlanders, Lowlanders and English on both sides in the various Jacobite Risings though by the 45 the English contingent had reduced to a trickle. The Jacobite army only entered England though because the prince had promised them that the English would rise in support! The Pretenders were Catholic but the bulk of the Scots (and bulk of the Highlanders) in the Jacobite Army were Protestant. They were mostly non-juring Episcopalians - that is Scottish Anglicans.

[janitorman1]

The four story tower house featured in the clip is Castle Stalker on Loch Laich, off of Loch Linnhe near the west coast of Scottland. It is nowhere near Loch Lomond.

It was in the films Monti Python and the Holy Grail, Highlander, and Endgame.

info on wiki under Castle_Stalker

[Cuchulainn131]

Post the rest!



[pmeers2]

I wish the whole video was posted, this is very well done.

[malamutefrau]

Yes where are the next parts to see? I´ll like to see scotland, once in my lifetime

[loganavich17]

@malamutefrau Of course you would,it`s beautiful.Did you know god is scottish.

[highlandwolf01]

wish there were more parts to this..part 2 and 3 etc etc, but im very glad ye put this up here, suppose its just one of those days i miss home very much..thanks a ton for it

[macseis]

@highlandwolf01 wish the same...

[cloneoffred]

The opening comments are mystifying

What battle was there between Scotland and England in 1745 ?

Does the poster not mean British Government against Jacobites

[Hefferman1]

@cloneoffred No they mean the Jacobites fighting for the rightful King of Scottland against the forces of a murderous German King forced on them by knife point. The Butcher Cumberland was fighting for the house of Hanover, while the men of Scotland fought for Bonnie Prince Charles and Scotland.

I hope this history lesson helps you understand what happened better.

[cloneoffred]

@Hefferman1

But my understanding was that Scotsmen fought against Scotsmen in the rebellion.

I am now confused

[badboybronze1]

heres my verse

Ye kanni beat being Scottish wae a big stick...

[fishman017]

Brian Cox is awesome. His voice just flows with credibility, whether playing a reckless CIA officer in the Bourne series, or narrating a Scottish myth documentary. Great post for a great lyric tale.

I was on the Bonnie Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond about five months ago, and it was one of the most impressive scenes I've witnessed. And I'm from the Colorado Rocky Mountains, so I've seen plenty of awesome mountain lakes.

I plan to return, and hike the West Highland Way. Good times.

[cocatwoman7]

@fishman017 I am from Colorado,live in Co. Springs. My lifelong dream is to walk along the banks of Loch Lomond and the west coast around Malliag-great beach scenery (think of the movie "Local Hero"-my fav). What a thrill it must be to know what it's like. I hope you make it back one day :)

[finchen1967]

ergreifend

[sabecrazy]

@finchen1967

you think one should write a comment in ones own tongue under an english spoken video?

think again!

[finchen1967]

@sabecrazy yes I think it is right. What's your problem? I think there are other problems than that!!

[Fireheart528]

@sabecrazy  Stow tha' kin'a talk, ye hear me? Nobo'y cares if somone wants t' write thar comments in thar own native language!

[UnHolyEagle7]

Back to scotland and to take the low road means to take the road through the graves, through the sand and soil. The low road is where your soul is trekking back to Scotland.

Now I don't know if that is true but that is what I was told.

[UnHolyEagle7]

Okay ... So I don't know but that could be true, but here's the version I was told.

A man was captured and trialed for murder in England, and his girlfriend went there and pleaded for him to be sent free. The English refused and gave him the death sentence but before the day came to kill him he wrote a song and while he was on the gallows to be killed his girlfriend was there but couldn't watch, but she heard him singing Loch Lomond.

To take the high road means to take the normal road- con

[katscauldron]

well they only started tellin it, one was to be be pardoned back to tell the story [the high road] an the other hanged, when you die you join the sihe an travel the low road back home if you have unfinished business and the clan [like Donnachaie]

[Thelazyboy209]

u live in Canada?

[divydave]

Me and my partner at the time went along to see this when Drumkinnon Tower first opened (we just lived up the road) It was amazing to see it on the Imax screen, DVD's where available and so was the soundtrack, Bought the soundtrack on the day but as we did not buy the DVD that day had to buy it from America, took a few weeks to arrive!

[siaripop7]

This was a very interesting story behind the music and lyrics. Sometimes the story is as compelling as the music itself. Thanks for posting this portion......

[buttkim]

Wish it didn't cut out when it does...looked really good!

[bonscott01]

i cried when i learned to play this song on a harp..(harmonica)...to me it'a almost as sad as Taps. :-(

[usselliot76]

So much more proper when sung as a lament as oppsed to the Bing Crosby/hollywood style

[Ford30ABusCpe]

Thanks for posting this.

[LadyShesu]

Is there more to this video? I have searched and cannot find anything that completes it. Was it a movie?

[johnnytheglesgabhoy]

@LadyShesu . This is a clip of a short film made to commemorate the opening of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National park. It played in the Imax cinema that was in the visitors center near Balloch. This is now an aquarium. You might get a DVD from there.

[johnnytheglesgabhoy]

@LadyShesu It is part of a half hour film that was made for the opening of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs national park. It was shown in the small Imax cinema in the visitors center.( this is now an aquarium) near Balloch. DVDs were available and you might get one from the center.

[badbrad333]

This is amazing

[brendastarrhayes]

great

[KSCrosby]

where's the rest?!

[theMacvarish]

The "low road", in Scotland, was a term often applied to the route to a communities graveyard. In the some areas you will also find it called the "crow road". The terms may have come from the "Drover" tradition, where cattle and sheep were moved along the "high roads" to avoid low lying wet ground and the risk of theft. The "low road" became associated with death and the passage of the soul.

[dangerous539]

hell of shit..

[AidanMacMahoon]

What can I say.....In my heart , I'm scotish....and every time I hear that song....it's just like I'm brought back into this time , the story happens.....

[AidanMacMahoon]

What can I say.....In my heart , I'm scotish....and every time I hear that song....it's just like I'm brought back into this time , the story happens.....

[AidanMacMahoon]

What can I say.....In my heart , I'm scotish....and every time I hear that song....it's just like I'm brought back into this time , the story happens.....

[ScottishShorts]

@ scottishjohn

If you left because it is shit, why then do you tell everyone of your heritage by the name you use, and why then frequent Scottish sites. Perhaps a wee bit of the heart still has a wee bit love for her.

[stewart50]

The singer is Kirsty Mitchell, I used to work in the only location this was shown (as far as I know), it was a iMAX format film, and there probably is a stock of DVD and soundtrack CDs left. I would contact Loch Lomond Shores, Balloch, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland to enquire about these DVDs/CDs. The complex is now an aquarium and no longer shows this.

[jupiepower]

you can see that whole short movie on hulu under the movies section. You'll see the whole story. I'd also like to know who in that short movie sang it, she has a beautiful voice

[tyrspride]

I've watched this film before and was wondering do you know who did all the music for it and if there is a soundtrack?

[Rebexxie]

Do you have the rest of the film?

[FezzyBhoy]

This is my favorite place in Scotland

[JYoung135]

Here's my verse:

The white rose is wilted, the Stuart banner fa'n,

And the weary are no longer roamin'.

But the weeping of my dear has never left my ear

Since the day that we marched from Loch Lomond.

[SouthpawdShredder]

what is the rest of the story?

[LVEMEDO]

BEAUTIFUL SCOTLAND MY HOMELAND i miss it GOD BLESS SCOTLAND

[scotishjohn]

@LVEMEDO we see things from afar

with a different perspective in a different

world and life. Myself i left because it was

shit as did more scots.WE left it to the

pakies

[sypatchin]

I can't wait to see Loch Lomond! That's my ancestral home, near Arrochar, at the head of Loch Long and the land between Loch Long & Loch Lomond. I am descended from Clan McFarlane.

[AidanMacMahoon]

I once saw the whole movie ! Don't know , where it is.....but it's great ! I love that song......

[JamesDevine1997]

i wis ere wot a game scotland 3-1 ukraine

[samby2009]

Wheres the rest of this? Loved Loch Lomond, amazing! Such a beautiful and peaceful place.

[flungingpictures]

... where's the 2nd half of this?

[ragnail]

I loved that song til I new what it ment

[findlay27]

One of the things that make me happy to live in West Dumbartonshire is Loch Lomand. if anybody ever visits the small area of Dumbartonshire you should check out Lomand Shores, a good tourist spot.

[jsmith19810808]

Its simply beautifull I think, can see why someone wrote about it, that song does it justice I think.

I love it when they put that soundtrack when going down the Loch though, that in itself does it justice.

I like to think my family originated there, even though all clans had their Smiths, they had their own at Loch Lomond aparently, its quite interesting, Gow is Gaelic for Smith aparently.

[Neilzo1]

the least you could do is spell it right.

'Lomond'

[thetrollfairy]

I love this entire film!

[MrLiamj]

Gam156 its loch ness or nessie not loch nessie yi poof... LOCH LOMOND.. we sang this at the scotland gme

[penseur99]

I'm brazilian. I don't know much about scotland, but this legend is absolutely charming. in fact, if i die abroad, i think my soul will take the low road and i'll be in brazil before all of ye.

[exiledjacobite1]

Otimo! Forgive my lousy Portuguese but let´s try it out.

Eu pego a estrada de baixo

E você pega a estrada de cima

E eu estarei no Brasil antes de você.

Scotland and Brazil forever!!!!!!!!!!!

[penseur99]

it's good portuguese! i'm sorry you're not exiled in brazil. you'd probably enjoy it.

[exiledjacobite1]

Eu morro no Brasil mas estou sempre com saudades da Escócia.

[GAM156]

I hate to say this, But there cant be a monster in loch nessie... I mean It could only be from befor the ice age yes,? well when the ice age happend the loch was coverd with tones of ice, I mean huge mounten sized ice. This would have crushed every little thing in the watter the only way anything would survive is in a water cave, we would have found one if there was one as it would have to be huge... Please look this up... And i am talking about loch nessie, and i am scottish befor you reply.

[thetrollfairy]

Acually the deepest loch is Loch Morar, and there's supposedly a serpent/creature (Morag) living in it too. :)

[jsmith19810808]

Sorry going on from that, its arguably the largest in Europe, though I havent done any reading on this for well over a year, but I cant put it into words what it means.

I mean its probably Runrigs version of the song itself that got me into it, though I do love the proper version itself, the original folk song, I think thats lovely aswell.

Its just incredible thats all I can say, both are lovely places though Drumnadrochit (excuse spelling) where Loch Ness is.

[5pecular]

what about the sea monster?

[1Rickzibit]

Sorry it's not a sea monster..

it lives in a freshwater loch.

[dimgwalltameiben]

song goes.....and I'll be in Scotland before yae...... but he hasn't even left Scotland in the 1st place. Hmm

[bariplayer92]

story goes that if you die in enemy territory, your soul would come back to Scotland. (low road)

[anniesgranny2]

Does anyone know where I could buy a DVD of this entire movie? I saw it once and it was a fantastic film!

[Tara121Brigden]

Amazon, try there, that is where I got it :) the film is amazing isnt it :D

[anniesgranny2]

Thank you so much!!! I got it there for only $2.00!!! Many thanks!

[Tara121Brigden]

Your welcome, Enjoy it like i do :D

xx

[jo3porter]

not so breif baby

[cd175freak]

1046 LOCH LOMOND 24-7-09  27-7-09

[RogueWolf711]

On HULA TV there is the entire version of this clip.

Excelelnt piece.

[BillDFC]

Is the narrator a fellow Dundonian?

[dtpt5]

It's Brian Cox.

[Scotsmen1746]

Also the same here in Germania!

[livinglaughingloving]

It's true what the narrator said about all who hear it fall in love with it, I'm Chinese and this song still gets to me every time I listen to it.

[DiegoElArbol]

The same here my friend, and I'm argentinian

[Tara121Brigden]

And here friends, I'm in England and the song just gets to me whenever I listen to it, Kirsty's version especially :D

[jacobiker]

God Bless all who gave in Scotlands name

[BillDFC]

Before the last ice age this was a sea loch,now only a narrow strip of land seperates the loch from the sea,making it land locked fresh water.

The words of this song were said to have been written on the walls of a Carlisle prison cell by a Jacobite prisoner in 1745.

[Kelvinkid100]

I'm glad my sister and myself were taught this song when we were young.

[Zebedoodah]

That is what I was looking for,

afd737 ,

that haunting song.

But thanks for this, too!

[dogochoc]

I LOVE this movie!

[afd737]

please upload the clip where kristy mitchell's character sings loch lomond on the stage... it's such a beautiful song

[kinialdo]

God how I miss bonnie Scotland.

[mesaaa08]

how come the entire thing wasn't uploaded?

[DadsBlueAngel]

My ancestors were Jacobites living eventually on the Isle of sky--that is my GGGrandfather did, but I

suspect he was born on the wrong side of the blanket.

[unconsciousDream]

yes! they show this at the museum, i saw it there and really loved the film

[mikeyT1413]

Do they not show this film up at the loch?

[Tara121Brigden]

They did, hence how I saw it, but now I am unsure as to whether they still do or not :S

[stephen9478]

oh my god, am i in this film, i'm not in any of the scenes shown here but i play a guy setting up the gig for the girls.

I had two scenes first pushing the equipment into the building as the girls arrive and second putting up a banner then coming down ladders, lol i did have a close up shot but it was cut from the film!!

Will need to see if i can get hold of this

Thanks for posting

[Tara121Brigden]

Try Amazon to get hold of the movie :D

[mierau1012]

I am reborn. Tapadh leat.

[buchananstreet]

this,at last, is a great and real video on bonnie scotland, damn it ! wonderful! thanks!

[goetzey1]

I Love The Song Loch Lomond not jus because im from scotland but it is a brill song

[movieguru2010]

i am a HUGE fan of Scotland...i live in a place known as Scotland USA...we have the Highland Festival every year and i just can't get enough!! i absolutly love Loch Lomond...the song...everything behind it...everything!! it's actually the first song i learned to play on my violin! lol

[Amco13]

ancient Pictish belief that ghosts of slain who died far from home travelled under the earth to haunt the place dearest in memory. The soldier was of Glen Endrick, on the sth-east of Loch Lomond & was taken into custody in England with a friend because of their support for Bonnie Prince Charlie. The friend was released but MacGregor was sentenced to hang. Hence, told his friend to take the high road back to Scotland and he would take the low road, below ground. The original words were Gaelic.

[Amco13]

Most people who have heard it believe it was a story of a soldier going off to war and believing he would not come back alive. What most people do not realize is that it was actually composed by a condemned MacGregor, under sentence of death in Carlisle Castle, in 1746.

[ScottyH96]

i am a scottish boy and i have a little sister and somedaay she will be at the ryole varity singing that song she wants it played at her funarul but i shold''nt

talk aboout it she's only 10

[meatypaw101]

the brutal truth is!

we pee innit and laugh co,s the weegees drink from it!

[rowanrockhopper]

So thats why it tastes of children's diluting juice...

[flowerfaries]

do u think u could plz put the other parts on.

[Flasetta]

I love everything about Scotland. I am American, but my great grandfather was Scottish. I just love everything and go to lots of Scottish sites online. I try to look for Scottish folk to become friends with. I have loads of videos and songs abotu Scotland. I am nuts about it. i am going there in 2010.

[rowanrockhopper]

looking forward to seeing you here ^^ well, i wont personally probably , but you know, welcome!

[divydave29]

Anyone who is interested in this, you can buy it off Amazon, can't wait to get it, I was one of the lucky ones to see this at Lomond Shores before they decided to make it into an aquarium.

You really need to be in this place to see how breathtaking it is. Live in Ayrshire now, not the same.

[robotpanda44]

the soldier was captured and was awaiting execution and he wrote the song about how he wanted to see his family and about the beauty of loch lomond

[davehump1690]

i saw this about 2 years ago at the loch lomond museum thing and it has a brilliant ending

[ROGER459]

Loch Lemon Remains! RR

[TubaManHaney53]

thats soooooo cold. such a cliff hander.

i was actually really looking forward to cramming the entire story of loch lomond in 5.46 but alas. . . it was to no avail.

[nbkyan2]

its my favorite song that i play in my band class

[robotpanda44]

ima a band nerd =P

[jaide1202]

did you play the Frank Ticheli version? I love how Danny Boy fits right in with Loch Lomond in the music!

[shockingdiscovery]

its a really nice film but how come theres no ending? is there one coming?

[Favole66]

i saw this movie in the museum at loch lomond. it is so beautiful and i searched for it everywhere. i was so happy when i found this but it's really sad that the end is missing!

[rjh1083]

The description is somewhat unconfirmed. No one knows how the song came about although yes, it was from a Scots soldier. I was told the story that the younger brother of another Scots soldier had decided to be executed instead of his sibling so that he could go back and be with his wife, while the younger one knew that he would never see his girlfriend in the flesh again.

But there's other stories which people have heard so it's origins will never be known.

[jacobiker]

close

[alejandromatheson]

oh my god....

I wish I could c the entire video...

[gnaremoob]

Does anyone know how to get the sound track from this special??

[barg11111]

quality video magical place i love it there at night on the loch