| User: | Jeremiah McCaw Budnark |
| Duration: | 130 seconds |
| Delay: | 12 seconds |
| Chord names: | Not defined |
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| Comment: |
-first noted by Lady (1810-1900) and Lord John Scott, `picked up' both verses and melody `from a poor boy in the streets of Edinburgh'. It was almost certainly composed in 1745, but not published until about 1845. -in 1745, Bonnie Prince Charlie was in retreat from England and some of his wounded had to be left behind in Carlisle. The song refers to two of them, by the custom of the day, one to be released and the other to be executed at the same hour. -according to Celtic belief, the spirit of the dead prisoner travelling by the `low road' (beneath the earth) back to his birthplace would reach his home in Scotland before his comrade who would have to trudge the many miles there by the `high road' of the living. |
Loch Lomond
D Bm G A
By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes
D F#m G A
Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lo-mond
G F#m G/e A7
Where me and my true love were ever wont to gae
D Bm G A D
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o’ Loch Lo - mond.
chorus:
D Bm G A
O you’ll tak’ the high road & I’ll tak’ the low road
D F#m G A
And I’ll be in Scotland a-fore ye
G F#m G/e A7
But me and my true love will ne-er meet a-gain
D Bm G A D
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o’ Loch Lomond.
D Bm G A
‘Twas there that we parted in yon shady glen
D F#m G A
On the steep, steep sides o’ Ben Lo-mond
G F#m G/e A7
Where deep in purple hue, the highland hills we view
D Bm G A D
And the moon comin’ out in the gloa - min’.
D Bm G A
The wee birdies sing and the wild flowers spring
D F#m G A
And in sunshine the waters are sleep-ing
G F#m G/e A7
But the broken heart, it kens nae second spring a-gain
D Bm G A D
Tho’ the waefoo may cease frae their greet - ing.
(a small wren-like songbird)
Alternate 4th line:
D Bm G A D
Tho' the world knows not how we are griev - ing
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