By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes

Loch Lomond

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,
On the bonnie, bonnie banks
O' Loch Lomond.

O, ye'll tak' the high road,
An' 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 Lomond.

'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 gloaming.

O, ye'll tak' the high road,
An' 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 Lomond.

The wee birdies sing
And the wild flow'rs spring,
And in sunshine
The waters are sleepin';
But the broken heart
It kens nae second spring,
Tho' the waefu' may
Cease frae their greetin'.

O, ye'll tak' the high road,
An' 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 Lomond.

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