My wife is Scottish, and I'm of partial Scottish heritage.... also German, English, American Indian, and on and on. Regardless of our backgrounds, I find this to be one of the most beautiful tunes I've ever heard.
The most perfect song, the most perfect lyrics ever written. It is univesal and applies to any and all nations from Cambodia to Germany, to the United States and of course Scotland. It is everlasting and will apply to future planets that may be conquered..
Though it was written by a Scot for and about Scotland, it belongs to the World.
@OceansHi1 If you understood the history of the song you may understand why it isn't universal and is cherished by most Scot's like Auld Lang Syne. Sung in Scot's not English...
Beautiful video!! Thanks for posting!! You chose awesome photos, great job!! That magnificent a cappella singing makes my ol' Scottish heart beat faster!! Thumbs up!!
Good wan, am man. sadness order of the day. But awee cheer up: I was just thinkin when ah watched the sunrise this mornin' "there's the sun". Ah can be quite deep at times, but I only speak for masel. A spokesman for no one. Don't put all that crap on me. How can others write books about me,,when ah don't know what ah' m talkin aboot masel, Shuggy Dylan ps Scotland rocks!! Thought ah seen the Loch Ness Monster wance, but jist the wife wi her teeth oot,
I have researched into the background story of this song and that makes it the most heart breaking and beautiful song I have heard in my life time. Thank you for sharing this with everyone.
I am not a Scottish yet this beautiful song is touching my heart every time I listen to and this is one of the best version, thank you for sharing, I will be visiting Scotland next month and will go to see Loch Lomond, definitely I will remember this beautiful song, thanks again
I know that I have performed this in an all men's all state choir in wisconsin when I was in high school, and we made the all stae women's choir cry as well as want us to sing them to them over and over again.
If I am not mistaken there is 12 voice parts in this beautiful arrangement. Even without the harmony it is such a lovely song. At my senior recital I want to get a group together to sing this with me. I absolutely adore it.
I found this while searching for an art song for my son to sing in a college scholarship audition. My father used to sing Loch Lomond--his heritage was Scotch-Irish, and although his ancestors came to the U.S. in the 1700s this song was passed down and sung through the generations. I remember as a small child being moved almost to tears when he sang it without knowing why. I was fortunate to travel to the Highlands of Scotland 5 years ago. and it seemed like coming home!
this is absolutely amazing. i first heard it after my friend passed away and it reminds me of everyone i have lost but i will also see them again. the harmonies are so wonderful and honest that it moves me to tears everytime i listen to it. thank you for posting this
Many thanks to ashleyster13 for relating the real story of this song. I will add that I have heard that the 2 soldiers were given the choice of who was to die. So, when you hear the refrain, know that it was one comrade telling another that he, himself, would volunteer to die and 'take the low road'. It's this story of sacrifice that makes the tune so heart-rending.
And, next time you hear it done, as it too often is, with a bouncy beat and a smile, you'll know the performers have not a clue.
@kevieg3 I don't think they are necessarily singing it happily, just very proudly. Scottish and Irish music, though often sad, tends to have this anthemic defiant tone to it. This song can be sung like this; very sadly. But it can also be sung as a sort of melancholy and powerful anthem for Scotland, and in this way it is very powerful as well.
@royalcourtier Well, you 'got me'. Semanticly, you may be correct. But of course, you have missed my point (perhaps I could have used a better word than 'real', tho I think most others knew what I was talking about), which had to do with the interpretation of the words and presentation of the song as it was originally conceived.
BTW - I wouldn't express your opinion to a 'real' Scot, as mayhem might ensue. :)
Also, consider a song like "The Star Spangled Banner", lyrics by an eyewitness. Real?
Two of Bonnie Prince Charlie's men were captured and left behind in Carlisle after the failed rising of 1745. One young soldier was to be executed, the other released. The Spirit of the dead soldier travelling by the 'low road' would reach Scotland before his comrade, who would be struggling along the actual road over high, rugged country.
I love Scotland and can't wait to travel there. There must be real magic there, real heart, and underneath it all–a veritable sea of history. This is a powerful song, a heavenly combination of sounds that go deeply into the heart.
I found it stunning. According to my grandmother, my family goes back to Malcolm III and Saint Margaret, who was I believe great-niece of Edward the Confessor. Her chapel in Edinburgh is one of the most serene places I have ever been.
@texlad04 I found that chapel to be the most serene (you found exactly the right word) place I'd ever been, and have never found its equal. That's saying something, because I'm remembering it from 1982, during my only visit to the UK. A photo of the interior is my screen background, which I just found a few days ago.
they sing it with such...love. They love each note and the result that each note, and the song as the whole, is beautiful. Thanks guys, for this wonderful rendition.
I have Eastern European blood (4th generations or so back), but who cares...this song is AMAZING! Makes me want to go visit Scotland and sit on top of a mountain somewhere.
Classic music isn't political...people forget that too often...it's just musical.
A lovely rendition here,and the fact that its done acapella adds all the more enjoyment to this wonderful song!!..As a Lad I've camped many a time on Loch Lomondside!
I'am from Flanders, Belgium. But the Scottish culture and its people bring to me a feeling of great respect and emotion. I'am not a Scot but this song is beyond words.
This song brings back so many memories. My high school quartet song an arrangement of this at literary. I still love this song to this day. Thanks for posting!
Thanks for the lovely images and music. I was feeling a big nostalgic and listening to Scottish folk music when I found your post(s). Hope to get back soon. I've shared it on my blog. Slange.
Thank you so much. This is just beautiful. It brought back to my mind and my hearth my wonderful Aunt Kathy and Uncle Frank, who often sang this song to us as we were growing up.
I'll be in Scotland tomorrow.. first time back for my family since we were cleared from the Outer Hebrides to Australia in the mid 1840's. Our blood doesn't forget..
I'll be at Loch Lomond the day after tomorrow :-)
@Ramakrishnademeester Dank u, Het is een mooi nummer dat ik verblijf niet ver van Loch Lomond en ik heb gehoord dat het duizend keer, maar het wordt nooit oud.
I remeber first hearing this song when my family took a road trip through the rocky mountains when I was younger. ever since I remebered that trip I always have to sing it when traveling somewhere with nice scenery. It's so beautifull
I love it. I love this so much. I'm a second generation Chinese girl living in Canada. I have no connection to Scotland whatsoever save for the fact that my highschool choir sang this song recently at our spring Music Night. our arrangement was written by Jonathan Quick (a Canadian!) who is a former member of "musica intima" a choir based out of Vancouver, Canada.
This is indeed a beautiful version of a song i have loved since I was a wee lad, my mother used to sing this and annie laurie almost every day. And Scotland is so beautiful.
The best rendition I've heard of this wonderful tune. I'm a McLaughlin, from Ayreshire, (Doon), but my first love was from Tarbet, and we spent many a time by the loch. This song is like my own personal memory.
This chant's unspeakably talented and God-inspiring though, I'd comment on this solely to express my appreciation and redempness, based on a scale from 1 to ten I'd say this exceed tens. Ironically, I have just came across this chantings while surfing on the net. Thanks a million to the composer!!!
am interested in your comment "your wicked Pope-serving Queen". She may well be wicked, I couldn't possibly comment as have yet to meet her, but since she is Protestant it seems odd that you call her Pope-serving as the opposite in true!!! just a techincal point :-)
in any event, our American friend above correctly echos my original sentiments, Alba gu brath AND God Save the Queen :-) Let's enjoy the music ...
oil? I thought it was a dying soldier adressing a brother in arms... It's my son Gordie's favorite lullaby. He heard it in the womb, during his birth and at bedtime. It always comforts him when he's unhappy. For years he'd say, "Mama, sing 'the Bonnie, Bonnie banks' ".
as a fiercely proud Tuachter, shame on ye fer dissin' the union. Scotland is a proud nation, as is England, but twined we are the proudest, fairest nation on Earth...just think on a while afore ye spake yer comments...God Save the Queen...
I used to be a Unionist but not any longer. I pray that you are enlightened by the power of the Holy spirit. God won't save your wicked Pope-serving Queen.
I have read some of the comments about this song. Many have related their ancestry. I too have a burning in my chess on this topic. A scripture comes to mind that I think many would find interesting.
Malachi 4:5-6
5. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
6. And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
I am from the Selkirk Scott clan and the Lismore Livingstons, 3 generations removed but I feel a connection in my soul to this land, these people and their pride. I have been brought up with a tremendous understanding of my ancestors and why they left Scotland.......when I visited, I felt at home. I am a very proud Scots American but home will always be the Highlands. I go to the Braemar Games when I can. Thank you for a beautiful few minutes here.
I have no scottish blood but adore the culture! I'm norwegian, swedish, dutch, german and french. just another crazy norwegian........love your sottish music!!!
I am a Knox and this song brings a tear to the eye every time. I am no wee man and I have always considered myself to be a strong man but this song dampens the eyes every time. The Clan, my Clan is originally from this area around Tarbet, Loch Lomondside.
Whether you are a Scot in America or home in Scotland, you can feel the emotion in this song just the same. Be proud to be a Scot and remember those from whom you came.
@ZeitgeistWI many of your fellow non colonials, irish, scot, english, welsh, hate when americans honor or appreciate their heritage. "ur a fuckin american the'll say" unfortunately for them our ancestors who came from these proud places were proud indeed and made sure we never forgot about where we came from
@ZeitgeistWI What a lovely comment you made 11 months ago. I have been Scotland 2 times. I am a highland piper and I agree, it is hard not to nothave a "damp eye" when I listen to this song. I am not a Scot, but I may as well be--the place is my heart. I am a huge Chanticleer fan and this is just one more piece to prove they are simply awesome.
@ZeitgeistWI hi iam a scot staying in norway but this song still stirs the heart takes me back to my first girl friend and many happy days .aye its great to be scots
@ZeitgeistWI Feeling pride in one's klan, one's culture, one's past is perfectly acceptable. Too often we are afraid to display our deep seated emotions, that's not only a loss for the individual, it's a tragic loss for all people. I hoist my mug high and drink to you, sir, and your klan. May the wind always be at your back.
@ZeitgeistWI We have traditional Highland games here at McRae Meadow in the mountains of NC. The largest crowd of Scots outside Scotland gather there every year.
Wow... so I favorited this video randomly yesterday...and I just realized who sings it. Chanticleer is currently performing at my college right now... like as we speak. And I didn't sign up to go because I didn't know who they were until just now. xO Epic fail. I live on campus too.
I can't explain what this song does to me so I'm not going to try. It's like a religious experience. It's almost like the song was written for me. I'm an American of Scottish and Irish decent. I don't know if you would call Loch Lomond Celtic music, but the first time I heard Celtic music it put me in a trance and all I could think was this is the music I should have been listening to all of my life. When I first heard Loch Lomond it was like I was born knowing it. It sounded so familiar.
I know what you mean. when I first heard this piece, I swore i had heard it somewhere before, but I really hadn't. I am also of Scotch-Irish decent, but am the only one of my family who feels this connection. Perhaps the music of Scotland is ingrained in us.
I feel the same way about this song. My grandfather came over from Scotland. I never knew him but I knew his brother Great Uncle Angus. What a guy. I'm Scotch, Irish and English. i guess that makes me a cross dressing drunk who hates me self. But I consider my self an American first before a Scott, but damn proud such blood pumps through me.
God Bless, Rick
We are of the MacMillian clan of the Highlands. Sutherland County.
i once whent to loch lomand as a kid but cant remember that steam paddler has it always been there or is that new im 36 by the way if that helps ... this is one of the best songs iv ever herd im english and most of you will just call me names but i love scotts music as much as my own well done keep it up scotland the brave and long live great britain
I'm American and I will not not call you names, but you may call me names. I have to agree with you I love scotts music as well as English. Long live EVERYONE.
thanks for that yeahsee33 i wont call you names either i never do untill folk start telling me i cant spell i already know that but lots of peaple like to tell me that fact haha
this song when i first heard it, made me feel like i'd gotten in touch with the little bit of scottish blood i've got (and proud to have) also sends chills down my spine
15 minutes ago I raised a question that I can answer myself already! Indeed the a capella group is CHANTICLEER and Loch Lomond is on their CD Wonderous Love (1997)for those who are interested in the other 11 folksongs!And I correct the expression:Never (sing)louder than lovely !It was the autobiography of opera diva(Dame)Isobel Baillie(1895-1983) She was always advised that way and used the sentence for her book Apparently they advise the opposite nowadays:screamingmachines instead of singers!
Can anyone or MNKerr, the provider, inform us about the name of the excellent a capella group? Is it indeed Chanticleer
? as that would give credit to the singers.Thank you very much. Must be the best version ever. What a quality voices. An oasis in the present time of loud, louder, loudest. An old English opera diva said: Never louder than beautiful, if I remember well.
I wouldn't call myself a prat. I'm sick of Britain, our parliament is corrupt, our politicians are fools, and the English do nothing but complain about Scotland, while making us the only nation in world history to do worse since discovering oil.
I say, we split off from the UK. We enjoy international respect from people such as can be seen here for our amazing culture (i myself live in the shadow of Ben Lomond actually) and England does nothing but tarnish that respect with its wars.
"the English do nothing but complain about Scotland"
Wow, you actually managed to speak to 50 million English people and found that out?
I'm English with Scottish parents. I love both. In fact, I don't dislike any country. Your attitude is founded in nationalist xenophobia and even if you try and legitimise it by bringing in economic and political factors, it doesn't change the fact that its essentially racism.
This may surprise you, but when you see something on the news about 'governement statistics' a large proportion of those are based on small scale surveys of 100,000 people or less. I used my own experiences of English people to make my former statement, ie i have not yet met one that believes Scotland is pulling its weight in the union (i admit myself, its not). That's why i believe that we should break away.
Besides, there is no such thing as an English 'race' so 'racism' does not make sense.
I've heard that, according to Scottish folk lore, the low road is the spirit path where the spirits of the dead try to return to someone they had a strong connection with or to just return to their homeland. This gives it a special meaning for. I'm separated from my true love and may never see him again until after death. It is definitely spiritual.
My whole family is scottish, but ive never been there. Just listening to this song brings tears to my eyes, and now i know that i need to visit this place b4 i die
So three people need to be impaled and have their entrails cut out and burned!
eloosivegem 2 weeks ago
Extremely touching rendition. Not everything lends itself to a capella, but this certainly does.
trevor462 3 weeks ago
Perfection.
LadyTigerLily 1 month ago
My wife is Scottish, and I'm of partial Scottish heritage.... also German, English, American Indian, and on and on. Regardless of our backgrounds, I find this to be one of the most beautiful tunes I've ever heard.
DaveVietVet 1 month ago
Gorgeous!
aireschel1787 3 months ago
Verżjoni favorit tiegħi ta 'Loch Lomond
Andre3000000000000 4 months ago in playlist loch lomond
this is my favorite version!
Snooperking 5 months ago
Amazing!!! Greetings from Serbia!!!
hristosanesti 6 months ago
God love Vaughan Williams.
eztobeme 6 months ago 12
The most perfect song, the most perfect lyrics ever written. It is univesal and applies to any and all nations from Cambodia to Germany, to the United States and of course Scotland. It is everlasting and will apply to future planets that may be conquered..
Though it was written by a Scot for and about Scotland, it belongs to the World.
Alan F. Hall Esq.
OceansHi1 8 months ago
@OceansHi1 If you understood the history of the song you may understand why it isn't universal and is cherished by most Scot's like Auld Lang Syne. Sung in Scot's not English...
MrScottJMiller 6 months ago 3
oohh i love the bass 2
psloveme 8 months ago
Beautiful video!! Thanks for posting!! You chose awesome photos, great job!! That magnificent a cappella singing makes my ol' Scottish heart beat faster!! Thumbs up!!
zjmn58 9 months ago
the soloist of this song is my chorus's conductor. :)
torment0fsin 9 months ago
What a beautiful song and a great performance. Check out Pfizerpfonics for Jonathan Quick's arrangement also on youtube.
1carrigdhoubh 10 months ago 36
Good wan, am man. sadness order of the day. But awee cheer up: I was just thinkin when ah watched the sunrise this mornin' "there's the sun". Ah can be quite deep at times, but I only speak for masel. A spokesman for no one. Don't put all that crap on me. How can others write books about me,,when ah don't know what ah' m talkin aboot masel, Shuggy Dylan ps Scotland rocks!! Thought ah seen the Loch Ness Monster wance, but jist the wife wi her teeth oot,
Shuggydylan 10 months ago 2
this has something religious to it. stunning
whatifwemet 10 months ago
Whow!
Torsten1968Lucky 10 months ago
awwh i miss scotland so much :') makes me tear listning to this
XCrazyKezX 10 months ago
awwh i miss scottland so much :') makes me tear listning to this
XCrazyKezX 10 months ago
What a beautiful rendition. My Scottish mother is very ill and this had me sobbing.
TheMelani391 10 months ago
@TheMelani391
Peace be with you in her in Christ our Lord
thabigflame 9 months ago
@TheMelani391
Peace be with you and her in Christ our Lord
thabigflame 9 months ago
@thabigflame
Many thanks to you. Your kindness is appreciated.
TheMelani391 9 months ago
@thabigflame
My mother passed away last night. We'll be playing this at her funeral. God Bless.
TheMelani391 8 months ago 3
Wow the bass in this is great! Beautiful song.
thegewehrguy 10 months ago
@thegewehrguy haha I'm not the only one that pays close attention to the basses!
willyhuber 10 months ago 2
@willyhuber
haha I'm a bass in a HS choir, so that might be why I pay attention to it lol.
thegewehrguy 10 months ago
@thegewehrguy me too lol
willyhuber 10 months ago
How fortunate are some to have such beautiful voices that this song well deserves. A lovely rendition.
Blackduck46 11 months ago
I have researched into the background story of this song and that makes it the most heart breaking and beautiful song I have heard in my life time. Thank you for sharing this with everyone.
missallsunday88 11 months ago
I am not a Scottish yet this beautiful song is touching my heart every time I listen to and this is one of the best version, thank you for sharing, I will be visiting Scotland next month and will go to see Loch Lomond, definitely I will remember this beautiful song, thanks again
samio8000 11 months ago
without a doubt, the best choral song ever written. i am not Scottish, however i can appreciate the beauty of this piece.
TheDieselD13 11 months ago
I really love the version by Rise and I can't seem to find it.
musicluva13579 11 months ago
I know that I have performed this in an all men's all state choir in wisconsin when I was in high school, and we made the all stae women's choir cry as well as want us to sing them to them over and over again.
doorman27512 1 year ago
If I am not mistaken there is 12 voice parts in this beautiful arrangement. Even without the harmony it is such a lovely song. At my senior recital I want to get a group together to sing this with me. I absolutely adore it.
MichaelSmithComposer 1 year ago
I found this while searching for an art song for my son to sing in a college scholarship audition. My father used to sing Loch Lomond--his heritage was Scotch-Irish, and although his ancestors came to the U.S. in the 1700s this song was passed down and sung through the generations. I remember as a small child being moved almost to tears when he sang it without knowing why. I was fortunate to travel to the Highlands of Scotland 5 years ago. and it seemed like coming home!
utmargarita 1 year ago
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utmargarita 1 year ago
this is absolutely amazing. i first heard it after my friend passed away and it reminds me of everyone i have lost but i will also see them again. the harmonies are so wonderful and honest that it moves me to tears everytime i listen to it. thank you for posting this
chygal790 1 year ago
Learn to sing noobs.
NoobTubeCA 1 year ago
Many thanks to ashleyster13 for relating the real story of this song. I will add that I have heard that the 2 soldiers were given the choice of who was to die. So, when you hear the refrain, know that it was one comrade telling another that he, himself, would volunteer to die and 'take the low road'. It's this story of sacrifice that makes the tune so heart-rending.
And, next time you hear it done, as it too often is, with a bouncy beat and a smile, you'll know the performers have not a clue.
kevieg3 1 year ago 3
@kevieg3 I don't think they are necessarily singing it happily, just very proudly. Scottish and Irish music, though often sad, tends to have this anthemic defiant tone to it. This song can be sung like this; very sadly. But it can also be sung as a sort of melancholy and powerful anthem for Scotland, and in this way it is very powerful as well.
mrwilliamjoel 1 year ago
@kevieg3 There is no "real story" of the song. It is a work of fiction, like all songs.
royalcourtier 5 months ago
@royalcourtier Well, you 'got me'. Semanticly, you may be correct. But of course, you have missed my point (perhaps I could have used a better word than 'real', tho I think most others knew what I was talking about), which had to do with the interpretation of the words and presentation of the song as it was originally conceived.
BTW - I wouldn't express your opinion to a 'real' Scot, as mayhem might ensue. :)
Also, consider a song like "The Star Spangled Banner", lyrics by an eyewitness. Real?
kevieg3 5 months ago
I have personally been to Loch Lomond this past summer...this song helps me reconnect to such a magical place in Scotland.
philgraham415 1 year ago
This was a very nice, reflectful performance!
onailiuq 1 year ago
Not sure what nationality you are, but I could be in Wales or Scotland
hawickman 1 year ago
Two of Bonnie Prince Charlie's men were captured and left behind in Carlisle after the failed rising of 1745. One young soldier was to be executed, the other released. The Spirit of the dead soldier travelling by the 'low road' would reach Scotland before his comrade, who would be struggling along the actual road over high, rugged country.
ashleyster13 1 year ago
I love Scotland and can't wait to travel there. There must be real magic there, real heart, and underneath it all–a veritable sea of history. This is a powerful song, a heavenly combination of sounds that go deeply into the heart.
foucle 1 year ago
@foucle
I found it stunning. According to my grandmother, my family goes back to Malcolm III and Saint Margaret, who was I believe great-niece of Edward the Confessor. Her chapel in Edinburgh is one of the most serene places I have ever been.
texlad04 1 year ago
@texlad04
That's quite a lineage. St Margaret was quite a good woman. I guess you've read about her on Wikipedia or some other source?
foucle 1 year ago
@texlad04 I found that chapel to be the most serene (you found exactly the right word) place I'd ever been, and have never found its equal. That's saying something, because I'm remembering it from 1982, during my only visit to the UK. A photo of the interior is my screen background, which I just found a few days ago.
ccdg1066 1 year ago
they sing it with such...love. They love each note and the result that each note, and the song as the whole, is beautiful. Thanks guys, for this wonderful rendition.
picardythirds 1 year ago
I have Eastern European blood (4th generations or so back), but who cares...this song is AMAZING! Makes me want to go visit Scotland and sit on top of a mountain somewhere.
Classic music isn't political...people forget that too often...it's just musical.
jl343 1 year ago
A lovely rendition here,and the fact that its done acapella adds all the more enjoyment to this wonderful song!!..As a Lad I've camped many a time on Loch Lomondside!
xxwellfieldxx 1 year ago
A wonderful song and a wonderful version of it!
If theres anyone out there who's not touched by hearing this, he has to have a dead heart.
Learla 1 year ago 3
I'am from Flanders, Belgium. But the Scottish culture and its people bring to me a feeling of great respect and emotion. I'am not a Scot but this song is beyond words.
MegaCharlieDelta 1 year ago
ai, laddie thank you, it's so beautiful, just like the poems of robbie burns. sd goh (malaysia)
301250 1 year ago
Gosh, this song makes me wish I was Scottish.It's stunning.
IDigFatCats 1 year ago
This song brings back so many memories. My high school quartet song an arrangement of this at literary. I still love this song to this day. Thanks for posting!
3DB4LIFE 1 year ago
Absolutely beautiful!
gangoffour1 1 year ago
Wonderful performance by the MEN of Chanticleer ~ really wonderful ~ and beautiful photos nicely combined. Thank you.
dwf56 1 year ago
Does anyone know if this is the R.V. Williams arrangement or did they make their own for this?
UnionMillMusic 1 year ago
@UnionMillMusic
This is indeed the Vaughan Williams arrangement...and nobody else ever did the song such justice.
Vagabond1951 1 year ago 3
If you don't feel something deep inside of you when you hear this song, you need to see a doctor.
Jonahman10 1 year ago
One person missed the "Like" button.
ViridescenceX 1 year ago 4
@ViridescenceX That was Satan himself.
sharpasabowlingball 1 year ago
Thank you posting this: it is touchingly beautiful!
rustohiski 1 year ago
this is the best version I have ever heard of this song.I LOVE IT AND KEEP IT UP.
OLWANDA 1 year ago
Thanks for the lovely images and music. I was feeling a big nostalgic and listening to Scottish folk music when I found your post(s). Hope to get back soon. I've shared it on my blog. Slange.
JinkyBlahblah 1 year ago
Would that I could return, to again taste the sweet nectar of friendship, the Greenmantle Ale, the peat fires of local pubs...
RebbePiper 1 year ago
Thank you so much. This is just beautiful. It brought back to my mind and my hearth my wonderful Aunt Kathy and Uncle Frank, who often sang this song to us as we were growing up.
LorenzoMagnifico 1 year ago
vote up if you want your ashes to be spread loch lomand
485scottc 1 year ago
Only one word
GREAT
Jean13101964 1 year ago
I'll be in Scotland tomorrow.. first time back for my family since we were cleared from the Outer Hebrides to Australia in the mid 1840's. Our blood doesn't forget..
I'll be at Loch Lomond the day after tomorrow :-)
valburge 1 year ago
Wauw dit is prachtig. Zeer mooi gezongen door iedereen, de solo zeer zuiver, niet overdreven gewoon laten stromen.
Ramakrishnademeester 1 year ago
@Ramakrishnademeester Dank u, Het is een mooi nummer dat ik verblijf niet ver van Loch Lomond en ik heb gehoord dat het duizend keer, maar het wordt nooit oud.
scifivids 1 year ago
@scifivids This is the lullaby my Mother sang to me, it was about the only song the poor near tone deaf woman knew.
LittleDikkins 1 year ago
I remeber first hearing this song when my family took a road trip through the rocky mountains when I was younger. ever since I remebered that trip I always have to sing it when traveling somewhere with nice scenery. It's so beautifull
asparagusunited321 1 year ago
I love it. I love this so much. I'm a second generation Chinese girl living in Canada. I have no connection to Scotland whatsoever save for the fact that my highschool choir sang this song recently at our spring Music Night. our arrangement was written by Jonathan Quick (a Canadian!) who is a former member of "musica intima" a choir based out of Vancouver, Canada.
FCGDAEB54321 1 year ago
This is indeed a beautiful version of a song i have loved since I was a wee lad, my mother used to sing this and annie laurie almost every day. And Scotland is so beautiful.
nevermore1043 1 year ago
t u getting me yet ?
skyeblue4u 1 year ago
The best rendition I've heard of this wonderful tune. I'm a McLaughlin, from Ayreshire, (Doon), but my first love was from Tarbet, and we spent many a time by the loch. This song is like my own personal memory.
nicodagger 1 year ago
This chant's unspeakably talented and God-inspiring though, I'd comment on this solely to express my appreciation and redempness, based on a scale from 1 to ten I'd say this exceed tens. Ironically, I have just came across this chantings while surfing on the net. Thanks a million to the composer!!!
redcrossing 1 year ago
This version is very sad.
SilverDoe6 1 year ago
ahh. almost forgot how beautiful this version was. thanks for posting <333
SDG1750 1 year ago
this song brings tears to my eyes
ilikemusicandvideo 1 year ago
Although, what are those high pitched noises in the beginning and at the end?
Gfgoodrichtires 1 year ago
When I listened to this rendition the first time, only one word came to my mind: spectacular.
Gfgoodrichtires 1 year ago
am interested in your comment "your wicked Pope-serving Queen". She may well be wicked, I couldn't possibly comment as have yet to meet her, but since she is Protestant it seems odd that you call her Pope-serving as the opposite in true!!! just a techincal point :-)
in any event, our American friend above correctly echos my original sentiments, Alba gu brath AND God Save the Queen :-) Let's enjoy the music ...
dewnansek 1 year ago
oil? I thought it was a dying soldier adressing a brother in arms... It's my son Gordie's favorite lullaby. He heard it in the womb, during his birth and at bedtime. It always comforts him when he's unhappy. For years he'd say, "Mama, sing 'the Bonnie, Bonnie banks' ".
KSCrosby 1 year ago
as a fiercely proud Tuachter, shame on ye fer dissin' the union. Scotland is a proud nation, as is England, but twined we are the proudest, fairest nation on Earth...just think on a while afore ye spake yer comments...God Save the Queen...
dewnansek 1 year ago
I used to be a Unionist but not any longer. I pray that you are enlightened by the power of the Holy spirit. God won't save your wicked Pope-serving Queen.
Islandretreat 1 year ago
I have read some of the comments about this song. Many have related their ancestry. I too have a burning in my chess on this topic. A scripture comes to mind that I think many would find interesting.
Malachi 4:5-6
5. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:
6. And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.
elderhinds 1 year ago
this song is about north sea oil!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hence political -sorry
thefrogmaster2 1 year ago
Is it possible to enjoy a beautiful song without people putting their B.S. political spin into the mix?
ryan82scott 2 years ago 36
@ryan82scott Can't people be patriotic? Or do we all have to live in a politically correct world?
thesdurham27 1 year ago
@ryan82scott
Agree with the political spin, but given the history and roots of this song it is certain that emotions will be stirred.
Cuchulainn131 1 year ago
@ryan82scott no!11
Shuggydylan 10 months ago
man, isnt this a great non-political song?
Parrothead1118 2 years ago 2
love ya bro
opuyu 1 year ago
My grandmother (who was descended from a long line of Scots) would have loved this.
ehelwagen 2 years ago 3
frank albinder's the man
IbanezPlaya194 2 years ago
beautiful rendition
orientfrog 2 years ago
This version is like angels singing...the best rendition I think I've ever heard.
hyatt3592 2 years ago 2
Beautiful - 'WAY prettier than a haggis!
cthomas7699 2 years ago
Brought tears to my wives eyes..
thks...
rrrichard100 2 years ago
stunning. thanks for the post
septip123 2 years ago
I am from the Selkirk Scott clan and the Lismore Livingstons, 3 generations removed but I feel a connection in my soul to this land, these people and their pride. I have been brought up with a tremendous understanding of my ancestors and why they left Scotland.......when I visited, I felt at home. I am a very proud Scots American but home will always be the Highlands. I go to the Braemar Games when I can. Thank you for a beautiful few minutes here.
MichaelinNewEngand 2 years ago 2
beautiful
lilblit 2 years ago
I must have celtic blood!
best version i ever heard until now.
Great!
Greetz from GlennLemp
highlemper 2 years ago
I have no scottish blood but adore the culture! I'm norwegian, swedish, dutch, german and french. just another crazy norwegian........love your sottish music!!!
bookmaniac000 2 years ago
Well, there's a lot of Norweigian blood in the Scots you know! :-)
tammas2000 2 years ago
I am glad I have Scottish blood!
aussiesocks 2 years ago 2
shivers. a whole body resonance. chills and electricity. hardly enough to describe what this auditory gold does to me.
LookiTooki 2 years ago 3
Look!Took!, exactly how it makes me feel. I'm Scottish and Irish.
honeysucklesociopath 2 years ago
Part of my family is from Scotland, so even though I'm not native i still feel the emotion you're talking about Zeit
anakinfan12002 2 years ago
I am a Knox and this song brings a tear to the eye every time. I am no wee man and I have always considered myself to be a strong man but this song dampens the eyes every time. The Clan, my Clan is originally from this area around Tarbet, Loch Lomondside.
Whether you are a Scot in America or home in Scotland, you can feel the emotion in this song just the same. Be proud to be a Scot and remember those from whom you came.
ZeitgeistWI 2 years ago 61
I'm a Stewart, long removed from home, but my heart yearns to be back in that proud land.
AceVendetta 2 years ago
@ZeitgeistWI many of your fellow non colonials, irish, scot, english, welsh, hate when americans honor or appreciate their heritage. "ur a fuckin american the'll say" unfortunately for them our ancestors who came from these proud places were proud indeed and made sure we never forgot about where we came from
TheRook83 1 year ago
@ZeitgeistWI Clan Grant, Inverness. I live in North Carolina. Believe me. I'm proud to be a Scot
Nick22pr 1 year ago
@ZeitgeistWI What a lovely comment you made 11 months ago. I have been Scotland 2 times. I am a highland piper and I agree, it is hard not to nothave a "damp eye" when I listen to this song. I am not a Scot, but I may as well be--the place is my heart. I am a huge Chanticleer fan and this is just one more piece to prove they are simply awesome.
coloradoschroeder 1 year ago
@ZeitgeistWI hi iam a scot staying in norway but this song still stirs the heart takes me back to my first girl friend and many happy days .aye its great to be scots
1reardon 1 year ago
@ZeitgeistWI being a scot in the western side of the US : ) i understand what you say brother.
problematicboyfriend 1 year ago
@ZeitgeistWI Feeling pride in one's klan, one's culture, one's past is perfectly acceptable. Too often we are afraid to display our deep seated emotions, that's not only a loss for the individual, it's a tragic loss for all people. I hoist my mug high and drink to you, sir, and your klan. May the wind always be at your back.
Tigermoon1950 1 year ago
@ZeitgeistWI We have traditional Highland games here at McRae Meadow in the mountains of NC. The largest crowd of Scots outside Scotland gather there every year.
aellarex 11 months ago
I am so in love with this song! Beautifully performed! I am glad to have experienced this wonderful recording!
Chevythebear 2 years ago
this song brings tears to my eyes. only two other songs have ever done this. i must get this song.
waba127 2 years ago 2
Wow... so I favorited this video randomly yesterday...and I just realized who sings it. Chanticleer is currently performing at my college right now... like as we speak. And I didn't sign up to go because I didn't know who they were until just now. xO Epic fail. I live on campus too.
Mirialiah 2 years ago
I can't explain what this song does to me so I'm not going to try. It's like a religious experience. It's almost like the song was written for me. I'm an American of Scottish and Irish decent. I don't know if you would call Loch Lomond Celtic music, but the first time I heard Celtic music it put me in a trance and all I could think was this is the music I should have been listening to all of my life. When I first heard Loch Lomond it was like I was born knowing it. It sounded so familiar.
honeysucklesociopath 2 years ago 3
I know what you mean. when I first heard this piece, I swore i had heard it somewhere before, but I really hadn't. I am also of Scotch-Irish decent, but am the only one of my family who feels this connection. Perhaps the music of Scotland is ingrained in us.
Bhelryss 2 years ago 3
I feel the same way about this song. My grandfather came over from Scotland. I never knew him but I knew his brother Great Uncle Angus. What a guy. I'm Scotch, Irish and English. i guess that makes me a cross dressing drunk who hates me self. But I consider my self an American first before a Scott, but damn proud such blood pumps through me.
God Bless, Rick
We are of the MacMillian clan of the Highlands. Sutherland County.
Ricklawrence 2 years ago 2
well you see, i am neither a scot nor british but I love Scotland, Loch Lomond and this song. I guess it is the free spirit that binds me to this
Touche'
justsayed 2 years ago
i once whent to loch lomand as a kid but cant remember that steam paddler has it always been there or is that new im 36 by the way if that helps ... this is one of the best songs iv ever herd im english and most of you will just call me names but i love scotts music as much as my own well done keep it up scotland the brave and long live great britain
dean11081988 2 years ago 3
I'm American and I will not not call you names, but you may call me names. I have to agree with you I love scotts music as well as English. Long live EVERYONE.
yeahsee33 2 years ago 4
thanks for that yeahsee33 i wont call you names either i never do untill folk start telling me i cant spell i already know that but lots of peaple like to tell me that fact haha
dean11081988 2 years ago
You don't have a clue.
BillDFC 2 years ago
Thank you for sharing this wonderful song and pictures!
SilkeLM 2 years ago
wow - this is fantastic - a wonderful rendition ! absolutely 5***** - perfect - thanks for sharing
gipskull 2 years ago
Céleste, poignant, vibrant. ! ...
DIDIDETUPELO 2 years ago
this song when i first heard it, made me feel like i'd gotten in touch with the little bit of scottish blood i've got (and proud to have) also sends chills down my spine
Bhelryss 2 years ago 3
it happens the same to me
SCOT989 2 years ago 2
Do you know who sings this version?
MissJeri93 2 years ago
15 minutes ago I raised a question that I can answer myself already! Indeed the a capella group is CHANTICLEER and Loch Lomond is on their CD Wonderous Love (1997)for those who are interested in the other 11 folksongs!And I correct the expression:Never (sing)louder than lovely !It was the autobiography of opera diva(Dame)Isobel Baillie(1895-1983) She was always advised that way and used the sentence for her book Apparently they advise the opposite nowadays:screamingmachines instead of singers!
jcriedijk 2 years ago
Can anyone or MNKerr, the provider, inform us about the name of the excellent a capella group? Is it indeed Chanticleer
? as that would give credit to the singers.Thank you very much. Must be the best version ever. What a quality voices. An oasis in the present time of loud, louder, loudest. An old English opera diva said: Never louder than beautiful, if I remember well.
jcriedijk 2 years ago
I love Scotland more than anything, But i am having to leave my country, to go to and even beautiful country. Australia ! :)
Mp5xPAISLEYxMp5 2 years ago
No, Scotland has changed. Perhaps not all in good ways, but it is still a very beautiful country with really great people.
It has problems, like all countries do.
Ecosse821 2 years ago 2
It's problem is that its filled with SNP-voting nationalist prats.
MightyAlz 2 years ago
I wouldn't call myself a prat. I'm sick of Britain, our parliament is corrupt, our politicians are fools, and the English do nothing but complain about Scotland, while making us the only nation in world history to do worse since discovering oil.
I say, we split off from the UK. We enjoy international respect from people such as can be seen here for our amazing culture (i myself live in the shadow of Ben Lomond actually) and England does nothing but tarnish that respect with its wars.
jbjaguar 2 years ago
"the English do nothing but complain about Scotland"
Wow, you actually managed to speak to 50 million English people and found that out?
I'm English with Scottish parents. I love both. In fact, I don't dislike any country. Your attitude is founded in nationalist xenophobia and even if you try and legitimise it by bringing in economic and political factors, it doesn't change the fact that its essentially racism.
MightyAlz 2 years ago
This may surprise you, but when you see something on the news about 'governement statistics' a large proportion of those are based on small scale surveys of 100,000 people or less. I used my own experiences of English people to make my former statement, ie i have not yet met one that believes Scotland is pulling its weight in the union (i admit myself, its not). That's why i believe that we should break away.
Besides, there is no such thing as an English 'race' so 'racism' does not make sense.
jbjaguar 2 years ago
Gives me chills every time I listen. Fantastic song.
awlightning1414 2 years ago
speechless
locheelad2 2 years ago
almost any with scottish blood in them... this song will make you see the fields of green and wish to visit your homeland.
sk8wise12 2 years ago 4
very interesting take, has a spiritual quality, this song is about meeting after death in the afterlife, thanks so much for uploading!
joeygsmom 2 years ago 2
I've heard that, according to Scottish folk lore, the low road is the spirit path where the spirits of the dead try to return to someone they had a strong connection with or to just return to their homeland. This gives it a special meaning for. I'm separated from my true love and may never see him again until after death. It is definitely spiritual.
honeysucklesociopath 2 years ago 3
Just beautiful....from someone who knows.
Rossdhu16 2 years ago 4
just splendid , absolutely beautiful
howdofolks 2 years ago 2
wow, its so beautiful and calming!
sweetie334 3 years ago 4
Thankyou for producing and uploading this video.
paulleatherland 3 years ago
stunning! Now, I've gotta go there. It is the R V Williams arrangement. Hmm... Chatacleer? Perhaps.
keebearfull 3 years ago 2
Beautiful video matched with beautiful music. Great job!
NYLADY13601 3 years ago 2
Brilliant. Abolutely brilliant.
BelgianSpursFan 3 years ago 3
My whole family is scottish, but ive never been there. Just listening to this song brings tears to my eyes, and now i know that i need to visit this place b4 i die
FinleyNZyeeyah 3 years ago 8
Brought tears to my eyes. Thank you.
OUfan49 3 years ago 3
loved it... felt homesick...
joannemcclay 3 years ago 4
Just Beautiful, Just Beautiful
queen1510 3 years ago 5
This is my FAVORITE version of this song!!
pigamous3 3 years ago
I believe it's Chanticleer.
susybeltz 3 years ago
Love this song, want to see the loch. Planning a trip to includ Loch Lomond in the fall.
dptcruiser 3 years ago 2