Loch Lomond
Scottish (late 1800’s)
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By yon bonnie banks and by
yon bonnie braes
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Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond,
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Where me and my true love were ever wont to be,
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On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lo
- mond.
CHORUS
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Oh! You'll take the high road, and I'll take the low road,
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And I'll be in Scotland before you,
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But me and my true love we'll never meet again,
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On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lo
- mond.
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'Twas then that we parted, in yon shady glen
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On the steep, steep side of Ben Lomond,
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Where in purple hue, the Highland hills we view
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And the moon coming out in the gloam
- ing.
Chorus
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The wee birdies sing, and
the wildflowers spring
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And in sunshine the waters are sleeping,
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But the broken heart will ken no second spring again,
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Tho' the woeful may cease frae their grieving.