The Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond | Highland Saga | [Official Video]

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The Bonnie Banks o’ Loch Lomond:
A very well-known Scottish song, which celebrates the beauty of the largest Scottish Loch (Lake) and it’s surroundings, but at the same time tells a sad tale. Interpretations are generally connected to the Jacobite rebellion of 1745 - assuming that the song depicts a conversation between two Scottish soldiers held captive by the English army. One version says one can return home (the high road), and the other will be executed and his soul will be transported back home to Scotland by the fairies (low road). Another says the survivor will take to the hills (high road), while the corpse of the executed soldier will be transported along the main (low) road. A song of love, loss and Scottish soul.
The Bonnie Banks o’ Loch Lomond Lyrics:
1) By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes,
Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond,
Where me and my true love will never meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond.
Chorus:
O ye'll tak' the high road, and I'll tak' the low,
And I'll be in Scotland a'fore ye,
But me and my true love will never meet again,
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond.
2) ’Twas there that we parted, in yon shady glen,
On the steep, steep side o' Ben Lomond,
Where in soft purple hue, the hieland hills we view,
And the moon coming out in the gloaming.
Chorus:
O ye'll tak' the high road, and I'll tak' the low,
And I'll be in Scotland a'fore ye,
But me and my true love will never meet again,
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond.
*Instrumental -
3) The wee birdies sing and the wildflowers spring,
And in sunshine the waters are sleeping.
But the broken heart it kens nae second spring again,
Though the waeful may cease frae their grieving.
Chorus:
O ye'll tak' the high road, and I'll tak' the low,
And I'll be in Scotland a'fore ye,
But me and my true love will never meet again,
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond.
Video Credits:
Director: Oliver Sommer
Camera: Jamie Duckworth
Production: Ulysses MacKenzie
Composer/Arrangement: Corvin Bahn, Ian Melrose, Ulysses MacKenzie
Vocals: Maeve MacKinnon
Bagpipes: Ronald A. Bromhead and the Highland Saga Pipes and Drums
Producer: Ulrich Lautenschläge
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[@sonsofthunder915]

For those who don't understand this song I'll try to explain it in a short version. It's a Scottish song about two Scottish prisoners of war (English captives): One prisoner gets released, and the other prisoner is condemned and will be executed. None the less the condemned prisoner will never meet his true love on Loch Lomond again. The low road is underground (the grave) 6' above that is the high road. The executed prisoner will be in Scotland before his friend because he'll be there in spirit.

[@HighlandSaga]

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[@CarlosGarcia-ui2up]

Excellent explanation ¡gracias!

[@rolfkrucke8307]

Thank you.

[@kmora7360]

Wow quite a tear jerker explanation, as are all the explanations of this ancient song. Your has a twist I've never come across, in all the decades of explanations I have heard or read of.

[@sonsofthunder915]

@@kmora7360 At the time in Scottish history when "Loch Lomond" was a new song, the United Kingdom (which united Scotland, England, and Wales) had already been formed. But the Highland Scots wanted a Scottish, not an English King to rule. Led by their Bonnie Prince Charlie (Prince Charles Edward Stuart) they attempted unsuccessfully to depose Britain's King George II. An army of 7,000 Highlanders were defeated on April 16, 1746 at the famous Battle of Culloden Moor. It is this same battle that indirectly gives rise to this beautiful song. After the battle, many Scottish soldiers were imprisoned within England's Carlisle Castle, near the border of Scotland. "Loch Lomond" tells the story of two Scottish soldiers who were so imprisoned. One of them was to be executed, while the other was to be set free. According to Celtic legend if someone dies in a foreign land, his spirit will travel to his homeland by "the low road" - the route for the souls of the dead. In the song, the spirit of the dead soldier shall arrive first, while the living soldier will take the "high road" over the mountains, to arrive afterwards. The song is from the point of view of the soldier who will be executed: When he sings, "ye'll tak' the high road and I'll tak' the low road" in effect he is saying that you will return alive, and I will return in spirit. He remembers his happy past, "By yon bonnie banks ... where me and my true love were ever wont to gae [accustomed to go]" and sadly accepts his death "the broken heart it ken nae [knows no] second Spring again." www.manhattanbeachmusic.com/html/loch_lomond.html#:~:text=%22Loch%20Lomond%22%20tells%20the%20story,the%20souls%20of%20the%20dead

[@paulepanzer4498]

I'm so in love with SCOTLAND and I miss you so much.......

[@frankfedi5751]

i miss Scotland but I promise you I will die there. We love you Highland Saga!!!

[@benedictchee9932]

In 1965 when i was 10 studying in Ashby Road School, Ipoh, Standard 3, i larned this song. It has remained with me all these years. Very touching and sad with the haunting music. And i sang this song on the actual Loch Lomomd It was a special moment to reconnect with years gone bye

[@user-og2bv8ym3k]

To me,one of the most beautiful scottish song. Hail caledonia. Me,from Austria 🇦🇹🙋

[@jasmine5317]

Whenever I feel tired or sad..I close my eyes and remember my trip to the Highlands with my fiancé, almost 4 years ago. Those are my favorite memories together. There are no words to describe how deeply I love Scotland. It's something that comes from my heart and I can't explain why. I hope to be back soon, because I miss Scotland so SO much. ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️

[@paulepanzer4498]

that's the truly the same what happens to me since I've visited Scotland. Albaaaaaaaa I miss you so much

[@corsa772]

wow, a great song with a lot of love and soul. And we Riggies stand up and singing loud with.

[@HighlandSaga]

Sing it loud.

[@gabrielkeown38]

Beautiful song beautifully sung by a pretty Scots lass in her native tongue and accent So no pretences there Brilliant

[@Kayman8190]

""Loch Lomond" tells the story of two Scottish soldiers who were so imprisoned. One of them was to be executed, while the other was to be set free. According to Celtic legend if someone dies in a foreign land, his spirit will travel to his homeland by "the low road" - the route for the souls of the dead. In the song, the spirit of the dead soldier shall arrive first, while the living soldier will take the "high road" over the mountains, to arrive afterwards. The song is from the point of view of the soldier who will be executed: When he sings, "ye'll tak' the high road and I'll tak' the low road" in effect he is saying that you will return alive, and I will return in spirit. He remembers his happy past, "By yon bonnie banks ... where me and my true love were ever wont to gae [accustomed to go]" and sadly accepts his death "the broken heart it ken nae [knows no] second Spring again."

[@HighlandSaga]

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[@stellahwyim]

Thanks for the story behind😊

[@ANAORTIZALAR]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH for your explanation. When I was a young girl, I sang it in the chorus in my high school in Montevideo, Uruguay. I was always delighted with this lovely song. THANK you very much

[@Kayman8190]

@@ANAORTIZALAR Nothing like a timeless sense of nostalgia. I am happy to share the feeling with you.

[@jackieharris9666]

Beautiful song. Thank you for explaining the story. My paternal family was from Wales. Guess that’s close enough 😊

[@delfinreiterin4037]

I visited Scotland and i also saw Loch Lomond such beautiful place i fell in love with scotland then and now even more since i saw Outlander

[@annselmezoghi3964]

How much I love Scotland as I love my Scottish friends. It's culture, high quality music , lifestyle 👌

[@iGinaTa]

I have only a few drops of scottish blood but this song goes so deep that it makes me cry a river.

[@axeman4071]

That singer is one of a kind. No wonder the Scots settled in my country Smoky Mountains NC It looks l a lot like Scotland. We still use a lot of Scottish words.

[@robinbanks895]

Yes, my husband’s family is from Scotland(McCleney). They came here and settled in North Carolina, then migrated over and down to Tennessee and then North Alabama, where we stayed.

[@thoralfzollner5001]

one of the best versions of this epic song.

[@justchill8821]

Fabulous rendition, the first time I heard this was in Sherlock Holmes, Pursuit To Algiers, and I've loved it since, this is my favorite so far

[@marctaltor1]

May God keep forever all the brave men and women who gave their lives for their country!

[@lyndseykramer]

For their fellows surely?

[@user-wc5go9sb5j]

Great globalist finance controls politics (conservative, labour, SNP, greens are full of great finance puppets) and wants to destroy family (gender theory, LGBT ideology, pornography, ...) because family is the greatest obstacle to the full control of people; muslim immigrants in Europe are also instruments for this satanic project; SNP has nothing Scottish about it (except the name). Read G.K. Chesterton, a great defender of family and freedom. Wake up Scots: protect your families, children and freedom!

[@RandallBroad]

"Me and my true love will never meet again ..." So tragic yet true!

[@pshangkuan1]

This song reminds me that freedom comes at a cost and is just as much of a right as breathing air

[@bipedalame]

Loch Lomond is basically on the outskirts of my hometown Glasgow. Place of beauty

[@satyamjawarkar2376]

This Celtic origin people are really magical.

[@defensorlibertatis9342]

My gosh that is such a beautiful rendition. I don't now how could I have missed this for four years. This is one of the songs my dad used to sing on long drives because we had no radio in the chevy. When I was 3 or 4 yers old this is the first song my father ever explained for me.

[@jesusreignsoveraustralia]

My Daddy moved to Australia when he was 18, 2 days later he joined the Australian army. He served his new nation fighting in Vietnam, he saw many atrocities and many many good friends die in Vietnam and then all his big group of friends die from rare cancers and undiagnosed PTSD. He is now on his death bed and even though he isn’t conscious as soon as I started playing this he started to move. It is breathtaking and I will always treasure this memory of playing it to him before he passes onto his eternal home. He loves Australia but has always loved Scotland and wore his kilt with pride at all his children’s weddings. Thank you for such a beautiful rendition.

[@HighlandSaga]

He will take the "low road" to the Highlands and the fairies of the Highlands will welcome him.

[@jesusreignsoveraustralia]

@@HighlandSaga thank you, that brought tears to my eyes. This will now be a favourite video in our home. I showed my 8 year old this and we’ve decided we will go and spread some of his ashes at Loch Lomond one day.

[@HighlandSaga]

@@jesusreignsoveraustralia This is a very beautiful and honourable undertaking. His soul will be waiting for you there. He will be reunited with all his ancestors who lost their lives on many battlefields of the world. „I hope you will tell the story of this Highland Saga to all your friends and with it the moral of this tale. If we must do battle let our weapons be music.“

[@ElaineSilva-gk1mz]

I still adore this beautiful song. I learned this song when I was a little girl from my mother. ❤❤❤

[@robster1073]

As a Scot living away from home this just brings a tear or two to the eye. The build up to the Bagpipes part is brilliant . Love it . Happy New 2022 to all around the world.

[@paulepanzer4498]

Good bless you and Scotland. Albaaaaaaaa I miss you so much

[@kaytigrant4527]

Me mither ( as she'd say) used to sing this song or Galway Bay, as she washed the supper dishes, when I was small. ❤ I didnt know this story. I thought they were soldiers going to battle and one of them, just knew he wouldn’t be coming home to see his love, again. 🙏💕

[@g.h.9408]

Ein wunderschönes Lied ,so wie das Land. Ich mag diese Musik und Schottland und Irland ,das ist was für Herz und Seele . ❤

[@aliciabeckles6434]

Love this song my dad use to play this song and danny boy when we were small love the pipes. I am from Trinidad and Tobago but i love this song

[@richardcobey9415]

I'm in Colorado but this brings more than a tear or 2 wearing a kilt to my nephews wedding next month and requested this song

[@richardcobey9415]

Alba gu brath

[@HighlandSaga]

Aye

[@aaronslevin7870]

I'm irish but I love listening to louch lomand and I love going to Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪

[@HighlandSaga]

You are always welcome

[@winfordconnatser4626]

My favorite song. Maeve's beautiful voice, the scenery. And those guys in kilts. The drummer ramrod straight banging on the drums and the other guy playing the bagpipes so beautifully. I love the entire video. ❤️. 👍

[@amyrose6638]

Just pop on my wall, then I search for Highland Saga, nice Melody... I don't know what really the song for, but thruthfully it goes deep down to my soul...

[@sylviahidalgo2874]

As ASIAN like me....cant fully understand the SCOTTISH words.But the lyric and the melody really touched my heart!!!Love it...soo wonderful!!!!

[@PRONTOMUSIC]

this evergreen is several hundred years old, but my musician's soul and my heart still rise when I can hear it sung by such a wonderfully warm voice from Ella Roberts. 1000 thanks from my heart and soul

[@HighlandSaga]

It’s not the voice of Ella, it’s the voice of Maeve

[@PRONTOMUSIC]

@@HighlandSaga Excuse me, but those who can read have a clear advantage. :-) You described in the info attachment that Maeve MacKinnon sing this song. Please forgive me. Many thanks for the information, also for your wonderful creative work, many thanks to the Highland Saga team. Best regards

[@robinlove2729]

This is absolutely beautiful 🌟🌊🥺😢❤️ Especially since I’m Scottish! Those pipes bring chills❤️ beautiful

[@HighlandSaga]

Thank you Robin

[@williambennett196]

I have always loved this song since I was a little girl.

[@marybethsuiter6877]

My daddy taught me this song when I was 5 and he only sang it with me when we would go in the car together. This song makes me cry it has touched my heart deaply

[@MsLSipes]

Proud to be Scottish!

[@HighlandSaga]

Aye

[@angelchavez458]

ARE THESE PICTURES IN SCOTLAND would be GREATFULL RESPECT AND BLESSINGS

[@LarsStinell]

Wow! This was so beautiful! It is the best version I have heard. The number one country I really want to visit before my last breath! ❤😍❤

[@HighlandSaga]

Thank you Lars

[@LarsStinell]

@@HighlandSaga I'm a singer-songwriter and wish I could write songs like this! And sing that good! I wrote my first song for my father who passed away in 2014. I love the title Kommer sol, kommer skratt (With the sun comes the joy.) Hope to hear more from you! ❤

[@petra2456]

😄👍👌

[@rjleslee]

I learned this song in primary school when I was about 12 years of age. In Kuala Lumpur. My teacher Miss Coelho had her teacher training in Kirby Training college, England. She returned and taught us to sing many folks songs from UK. She also met a Scotsman there and they got married the year after. She left Malaysia n went with her husband to Papua New Quinea where he was posted. She sent postcards back a couple of times. But I never saw my beloved teacher again. God bless her.

[@HighlandSaga]

That is a very nice story. Maybe we'll tell this in the sequel to our Highland Saga.

[@justa.american8303]

I visited Lock Lomand five years ago to visit where my grandfather grew up. Absolutely beautiful place! I want to return before my long sleep. It was so strange to feel at home when I had never been there before. The highlanders certainly are a lucky lot.

[@mcc.o.4835]

My all time favorite song.

[@c.l.arwood1283]

Hat’s off to whomever the guitarist is. Definitely the most beautiful picking of this song I’ve ever heard.

[@taouser2]

I am not meaning to run up the watch count on this video, but I just cannot get enough of this arrangement. There is something about this song that stabs at the heart of my spirit. I come back to it day after day. I’ve been to Ireland but I think I missed out on going to Scotland. Very, very, beautiful.

[@johngoodwin4811]

Perfect. I feel the same way. This may be the best song I've ever heard--and that's saying a lot. The bagpipes are just special.

[@taouser2]

@@johngoodwin4811 Oh yeah. When the pipes break in it takes it to a whole new level.

[@johngoodwin4811]

@@taouser2 That rarest of things: The perfect song.

[@ln2559]

As a Buchanan, I appreciate this so much!! Clarior hinc honos!!!

[@HighlandSaga]

Greetings to all Buchanans

[@richardrogerreed]

The vocals, the guitar, the pipes and drum all superior!

[@larrydevore6657]

Went there last ear on a tour of Greta Britain. Breathtaking scenery throughout Scotland.

[@yxx_chris_xxy]

Did ye tak the high road or the low road last ear, and who is Greta?

[@dalemills7926]

I never ever get tired of hearing this son..stunning photography, and the music is extraordinary

[@HighlandSaga]

Thank you

[@A20Kilometroshora]

Beautiful song translated into Spanish. Por aquellas hermosas costas y colinas Donde el sol brilla, en el Lago Lomond. Donde yo y mi verdadero amor pasábamos muchos días En las hermosas,hermosas orillas del lago Lomond. Tú tomarás el camino alto, yo tomaré el bajo, Y llegare a Escocia, antes que tú; Pero yo y mi verdadero amor nunca nos volveremos a encontrar En las hermosas,hermosas orillas del Lago Lomond. Fue allí donde nos separamos en aquel sombrío valle En las empinadas y empinadas laderas del Ben Lomond Viendo en tonos púrpuras las colinas bajo el horizonte de las tierras altas, Y la luna saliendo al anochecer. Tú tomarás el camino alto, yo tomaré el bajo, Y llegare a Escocia, antes que tú; Pero yo y mi verdadero amor nunca nos volveremos a encontrar En las hermosas,hermosas orillas del Lago Lomond. Los pajarillos cantan,las flores silvestres florecen Y bajo los rayos del sol duermen las aguas. Pero el corazón roto no volverá a florecer Aunque los que están tristes dejen de llorar Tú tomarás el camino alto, yo tomaré el bajo, Y llegare a Escocia, antes que tú; Pero yo y mi verdadero amor nunca nos volveremos a encontrar En las hermosas,hermosas orillas del Lago Lomond.

[@pandavlogs6182]

Me and my family were supposed to move to Scotland but couldn't becuase of Covid-19, i was deeply upset and this song makes me want to go even more but it lso makes me feel like i am there. thank you for posting this song. i love it very much. :)

[@HighlandSaga]

You are welcome

[@susannefeige9861]

The woman has a fantastic voice and the pictures of scotland are fantastic too. I love the scotish music with the drums and bagpipes.

[@HighlandSaga]

Thank you Susanne

[@peterhutchins9246]

A wonderful version of this great song. I am English, and not as bad as some Scots may think, and the way this song is sung sounds really authentic to my ears.

[@jimhamilton5782]

I'm glad to say that my Uncle John was a gardener at Loch Lomond.

[@jackkellydunn4079]

This is a great version of a song with an amazing story.Her voice conveys the depth.

[@HighlandSaga]

Thank you

[@isabelserrano8193]

Música Linda , Amo Escócia, gaita de fole, Paisagens me levam a Saudades de locais que parecem conhecidos de épocas longínquas ... , Emoção ... Cantora com voz linda , Paz e Luz ao Planeta. São Paulo, 14-06-2024 - Brasil💚💛💙💐🌿🌸🌴

[@davidmcconnell216]

I've never been outside of America, but I know where my heart is.

[@alistairmacfarlane9301]

Scottish born & bred, and Australian since my eighth birthday, but songs like this (one of my all-time favourites from home), draw you back again and again. Add a drum and the skirl of the pipes and you realize that you never really left in thee first place. And what a beautiful , uplifting version of The Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond this is; one od the best I've ever heard, and believe me, I've heard many. I don't know how many times I've played this clip, but I just love to hear it, and to watch the vodeo. I.m now 77, and I want to thank you so much for taking back home to the wonderful land where I was born & ensuring I don't forget it. I love Australia, but part of me will always be in Scotland, the land of my birth.

[@damnedseagull6194]

Beautiful but haunting song. Beautiful Scotland.

[@peggymarak7735]

M.from.small town of India n never been to Scotland ever hearing this beautiful song it transferred me to the bonnie banks of loch Lomond.. beautiful i wish I could feel it's braes n chills

[@ireneostman7806]

Quite amazing. Brought back so many memories. Irene Ostman.

[@HighlandSaga]

Thank you

[@MS1XPPSCT]

Scotland for ever! :-)

[@richardcobey9415]

Alba gu brath

[@willbissett7491]

Beautiful, without doubt the best version I have ever heard.

[@justa.american8303]

May God bless this singer.

[@user-wc5go9sb5j]

Great globalist finance controls politics (conservative, labour, SNP, greens are full of great finance puppets) and wants to destroy family (gender theory, LGBT ideology, pornography, ...) because family is the greatest obstacle to the full control of people; muslim immigrants in Europe are also instruments for this satanic project; SNP has nothing Scottish about it (except the name). Read G.K. Chesterton, a great defender of family and freedom. Wake up Scots: protect your families, children and freedom!

[@LadyC1103]

Best arrangement of this song I’ve heard.

[@lonnierogers5609]

Your voice is angelic. Beautiful song.

[@dulcymarak3750]

Wished to see such a very very wonderful beautiful place and country, when I saw it. Beautiful song is matched with views

[@dundonrl]

My favorite version of this song! Some ancestors came from Scotland and some from Ireland.

[@anthonylaus8152]

From the Philippines. Such a very very touching song. Love to hear this song often.

[@anthonylaus8152]

Thank you very much.

[@TheHackmo]

My Eyes Have Thistles and the tears like torrents flow....Great... Thanks

[@Zazmo_]

Love this. Auld lang syne too. Such a good singer :)

[@ifeoluwaayinoluwa9768]

I heard this song for the first time last week at my friend’s graduation and wow, it’s beautiful to read the story. Love love love the song.

[@antanasmokus]

This is amazing AMAZING Greetings and blessings from Argentina

[@marydoherty5716]

Love all Songs from Scotland,my father came from Glasgow Scotland!

[@rachelmortez4307]

I'm from Clan MaKenzie, with Morrison and McLeod mixed in. This is suberb!

[@HighlandSaga]

Welcome and thank you

[@akkubakku5124]

@Joe D 🙄😂

[@denningshan8472]

I will surely visit Scotland

[@HighlandSaga]

You are welcome

[@aniahsmith2069]

At school i do that song i love it because it makes me fall asleep and kindad. Makes me sad somtimes

[@jimfranchetto3278]

Thank you! This is wonderful, in every way.

[@jeffreytao8677]

This is wonderful --- I love it!

[@presbyteriangirl9739]

Very nicely sung. I love the bagpipes as well.

[@georgecalvintharcisius586]

This music is veryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy moving.

[@mariemiller8740]

Lovely I love the accent coming through the song beautiful

[@herbert5491]

Its truely a lovely song by a beautiful, lovely lady

[@philipdavis5050]

Excellent video and beautiful performance. I appreciate it a lot as I believe that I have a wee bit of the Scot in me.

[@yakubekartawidjaja]

Absolutely beautiful! Thank you

[@toddm.galbrecht9848]

Absolutely loved it, brought me too tears.

SUPER!!!

[@HighlandSaga]

Thank you

[@dianehughes9241]

Beautifully sung.

[@sailingonasummerbreeze7892]

Beautiful!

[@stefanlehmon4805]

Wunderschönes Lied, von einer tollen Sängerin vorgetragen.

[@wayneholand6375]

i love this song , i had a Scottish foster mother who used to sing it , here version was beautiful it always made me cry , my foster brothers all ways took the mick out of me ....

[@HighlandSaga]

This is a very beautiful memory of your foster mother

[@Irene.R]

Wow....this is superb!.

[@daviemcf]

Beautiful!!

[@robinbanks895]

Thanks for this beautiful song from a McCleney Scot!! Love the pipes!!

[@djunab]

So, so wonderful🥰

[@scrabbleux]

Magnifique! Cela me rappelle des moments tellement beaux en Écosse!

[@busterbrown17]

A tribute to Scottish people where ever they are from a proud and prideful Scottish people

[@esjabear1168]

Such a beautiful voice!

[@mathew8]

Wonderful and touching...

[@stellayimcheung580]

💖👏👏👏beautiful song!

[@shirleyyu1490]

Hearing this song makes me really want to go there someday, such a beautiful melody !

[@gabikluter4809]

I don't know why, I am german, but my heart is scottish