Lyrics
(Scottish folk song)
By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes,
Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond,
Where me and my true love were ever wont to gae,
In the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.
Refrain
O ye’ll take the high road, and I’ll take the low road,
And I’ll be in Scotland afore ye,
Where me and my true love will never meet again,
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.
‘Twas there that we parted, in by yon shady glen,
On the steep, steep side of Ben Lomond,
Where, deep in purple hue, the highland hills we view,
And the moon coming out in the gloaming. Refrain
The wee birdies sing and the wild flowers spring,
And in sunshine waters lie sleeping.
But the broken heart it kens, nae second spring again,
Though the waeful may cease frae their greeting. Refrain
See also
- Country: Scotland
- Subjects: spring /Â love / choral music
- Form: AB
- Harmony:Â chords I, IV, V
- Meter: 4
- Scale: major
- Source: Book of a Thousand Songs, Albert Ernest Wier, 1918
YouTube
- PDF of song with chords
- MIDI file
- Listen to the melody