Irish Roses: Women of Celtic Song-Loch Lomond

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My favorite re-endition of this song. Even though the CD is entitled "Irish Roses", this is actually a Scottish song.

Album: Irish Roses: Women of Celtic Song
Artist: Rowena Taheny, Laurel MacDonald & Eleanor McCain.
Song: Loch Lomond
Track: 2
Arranged by: Carlyle Fraser

Lyrics:
By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes,
Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomon'.
where me and my true love were ever wont to gae
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomon'.
O ye'll tak' the high road and I'll tak the low road,
An' I'll be in Scotland afore ye;
But me and my true love will never meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomon'.

'Twas there that we parted in yon shady glen,
On the steep, steep side o' Ben Lomon',
Where in purple hue the Hieland hills we view,
An' the moon comin' out in the gloamin'.
O ye'll tak' the high road and I'll tak the low road,
An' I'll be in Scotland afore ye;
But me and my true love will never meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomon'.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Irish/Celtic
• Music
• Loch
• Lomond

[hannahinasandwich]

this song makes me so proud to be Scottish, and this version is so beautiful!

[PersephonieA1]

The wee birdies sing an' the wild flouers spring

An' in sunshine the waters are sleeping

But the broken heart, it kens nae second spring again

Tho’ the waeful may cease frae their greetin'.

The part of the song not in the description :)

[Whitelitr]

@MrAmericaRules It was meant to be sung by a guy. The low road is the path of the spirit. The story behind this is that a Jacobite soldier about to be executed is singing to his lover that he will see her again in the "hielan hills" . That being said, this is a beautiful version.

[Potomacstud]

Scotland ... God's country ....freeeeeedoooom !

[SirLandox]

wonderful



[emad84]

nice song

[celticgypsy11]

I ended up at Loch Lomond on the day my beloved father died in California. I have no words for what this song means to me.

[Cybopath]

@MrAmericaRules

Friend the song was written from the point of view of a Jacobite Soldier who is about to be executed. A more sinister verse from his freed comrade is never sung in modern versions.

'While there's heather on the hill

shall my vengeance ne'er be still,

While a bush hides the glint o' a gun, lad;

Wi' the men o' Sergeant Môr

shall I work tae pay the score,

'Till I wither on the wuddy in the sun, lad!'

[MrAmericaRules]

I agree with the guy below me classical only, it was meant to be song by a girl anyway.

[GuitarRockinChick18]

so beautiful :) this is the exact version i was looking for! I love it the classical way, no need to jazz it up lol.