"The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond" (or "Loch Lomond") is a traditional

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folk song (

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No. 9598).Loch Lomond
,

'. Edited by Robert B. Waltz and David G. Engle. 2018. Its origins are thought to date to the

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is the largest Scottish

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. In Scots, "

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" means "fair" or "beautiful".

Lyrics

By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes, Where the sun shines bright on

, Where me and my true love were ever wont to gae, On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond. ''Chorus:'' O ye'll tak' the high road, and I'll tak' the low road, And 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 Lomond Ben Lomond (, ), , is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands. Situated on the eastern shore of Loch Lomond, it is the most southerly of the Munros. Ben Lomond lies within the Ben Lomond National Memorial Park and the Loch Lomond and The Trossach ...

, Where in soft purple hue, the highland hills we view, And the moon coming out in the gloaming. (''Chorus'') 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'')

Interpretation

The song has often been dated to 1746, and it has long been associated with the Jacobite rebellion. In December 1745,

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retreated to Scotland, and the lyrics have been interpreted as a lament of the march. One of the soldiers rues his sacrifice for the king. Pittock, Murray.
Poetry and Jacobite Politics in Eighteenth-Century Britain and Ireland
'. Cambridge University Press, 1994. 136–137. In Celtic mythology, the "low road" was a way for a soldier's soul to return home when killed abroad; also called a

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route. Another common interpretation is that the chorus are the final words spoken by one of the Jacobite rebels prior to his execution, perhaps in

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where dozens of rebels were executed.Ford, Robert.
Song Histories
'. Glasgow & Edinburgh: William Hodge, 1900. He sees his lover at the gallows and tells her they will meet again in Scotland, albeit by different routes. Ironically, the song became one of a handful of folk signifiers for British unity as the nation expanded its empire. One of the earliest

sheet music Sheet music is a handwritten or printed form of musical notation that uses musical symbols to indicate the pitches, rhythms, or chords of a song or instrumental musical piece. Like its analogs – printed Book, books or Pamphlet, pamphlets ...

printings of the ballad was in 1840 by Paterson and Sons in Edinburgh. It was titled "Bonnie Loch Loman" and credited to "a lady" with arrangements by Finlay Dunn and John Thomson. Lady John Scott was often cited as the composer of "Loch Lomond", but she only transcribed the melody and lyrics after hearing it sung by a boy in the Edinburgh streets. Moffat, Alfred.
The Minstrelsy of Scotland: 200 Scottish songs adapted to their traditional airs
'. London: Augener, 1920. 34. In his 1898 novel ''Wild Eelin'',

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has the title character, Eelin MacDonald, directly refute the idea that a street urchin in Edinburgh would ever sing the song, dismissing it as "spurious".Black, William.
Wild Eelin: Her Escapades, Adventures, and Bitter Sorrows
'. Harper & Bros., 1898. The actual composer is unknown. Precedents for the tune have been found in several other folk songs, such as the Danish/Faroese tune
Dankonning lod gribe en havfrue fin
(The Dane-King Captured a Mermaid). "Loch Lomond" along with "The Oak and the Ash" also bear a resemblance to "Godesses", a tune in

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's 1651 compilation ''

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''. There are also similar melodic fragments in "The Bonniest Lass In A' The World" and "

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". "Loch Lomond" has often been described as sharing a melody with "Kind Robin Loes Me" and all its variants like "Robin Cushie".

Variants

Both the 1840 sheet music and Lady John Scott's lyrics differ significantly from the most common form of the song today. An 1849 broadside called "Flora's Lament for Her Charlie" largely parallels the lyrics of "Loch Lomond".

Flora MacDonald Flora MacDonald (1722 – 5 March 1790) is best known for helping Charles Edward Stuart evade government troops after the Battle of Culloden in April 1746. Her family had generally backed the government during the 1745 Rising, and MacDonald l ...

was a supporter of

, and she was imprisoned for helping Charles escape his pursuers. There are even hyperlocal variants like the one that changes "'Twas there that we parted, in yon shady glen" to "We'll meet whaur we parted in bonnie

Luss Luss (, 'herb') is a village in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, on the west bank of Loch Lomond. The village is within the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. History Historically in the County of Dunbarton, its original name is ''Clacha ...

glen". The song is often misattributed to Scottish poet and folklorist

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. In 1876, he wrote a poem called "The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond, 1746".Lang, Andrew
"The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond"
in
The Poetical Works of Andrew Lang
', Volume I. ed. Mrs. Lang.

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., 1923. 55–56. THERE's an ending o' the dance, and fair Morag's safe in France, And the Clans they hae paid the lawing, And the wuddy has her ain, and we twa are left alane, Free o' Carlisle gaol in the dawing. So ye'll tak the high road, and I'll tak the laigh road, An' I'll be in Scotland before ye: But me and my true love will never meet again, By the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond. For my love's heart brake in twa, when she kenned the Cause's fa', And she sleeps where there's never nane shall waken, Where the glen lies a' in wrack, wi' the houses toom and black, And her father's ha's forsaken. While there's heather on the hill shall my vengeance ne'er be still, While a bush hides the glint o' a gun, lad; Wi' the men o' Sergeant Môr shall I work to pay the score, Till I wither on the wuddy in the sun, lad! So ye'll tak the high road, and I'll tak the laigh road, An' I'll be in Scotland before ye: But me and my true love will never meet again, By the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond. "Wuddy" is a euphemism for a noose. "Morag" refers to

who was defeated in 1746. "Sergeant Môr" is John Du Cameron, a supporter of Bonnie Prince Charlie who continued fighting as an outlaw until he was captured and hanged in 1753. Several Scots terms are used like "lawing" (reckoning) and "dawing" (dawn). In William Black's novel, Eelin MacDonald sings her own version of "Loch Lomond". She wrote the new lyrics because she views the popular ones as "rubbish". The Irish variant of the song is called "Red Is the Rose" and is sung with the same melody but different (although similarly themed) lyrics. It was popularized by Irish folk musician

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. Even though many people mistakenly believe that Makem wrote "Red Is the Rose", it is a traditional Irish folk song.

Legacy

"Loch Lomond" has been arranged and recorded by many composers and performers over the years, in several

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ranging from traditional Scottish folk to barbershop to

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Classical music

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wrote a symphonic fantasy on the tune in 1868.

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quotes "Loch Lomond" in "The Alcotts" movement of his ''

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''. In 1921,

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arranged "Loch Lomond" for

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solo and male choir. It has been recorded several times, notably by the

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and the London Madrigal Singers for EMI in 1970.

Jazz

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recordings, live recordings, and broadcast transcriptions of jazz – as of May 22, 2019 – lists 106 recordings of "Loch Lomond" and one recording of "Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond". Jazz singer

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recorded "Loch Lomond" on August 6, 1937 (

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364). Sullivan's version was arranged by

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. It inspired countless other acts to start swinging folk songs. It was a career-defining song, and she recorded it 14 times in total. Her last recording was a live performance at the

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, on September 28, 1986, with the Scott Hamilton Quintet. When Benny Goodman and His Orchestra started performing "Loch Lomond", they made sure to imitate Claude Thornhill's arrangement for Maxine Sullivan.

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fronted the song when the band included it in the January 16, 1938 set that was immortalized on their live album ''

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'' ( Columbia SL 160).

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recorded "The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond" for Edison Gold Moulded Records. She sang the song with an orchestra, and her performance was released in August 1906 as cylinder 9325. Australian rock band

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recorded a version of the song as "Fling Thing" and released it as the B-side to their 1976 single "

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". The song underscored the band's Scottish ancestry, and they played it at the

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during the recording of their 1978 live album ''

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''. On their 1992 album ''

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'', the cover is simply listed as "Bonny". "Fling Thing" was later remastered and released on the 2009 box set '' Backtracks''.

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" (1991) reworks the tune's melody into the chorus, turning "On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond" into "Where the ocean meets the sky I'll be sailing". The song was written by

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and

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and first recorded by

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in 1986.

Runrig

Scottish

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band

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recorded "Loch Lomond" for their 1979 album ''

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''. Despite being three albums into their career in 1982, Runrig had never released a single. They decided to re-record "Loch Lomond" at Castlesound Studios in

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and make it their debut single release. It was released by Ridge Records in December 1982 and received moderate airplay. The single peaked at #86 on the UK Singles Chart on January 8, 1983. It remains one of their best known songs. In 2007, Runrig re-recorded "Loch Lomond" with 50,000 members of the

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. The recording was part of the BBC's ''

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'' fundraiser. The single was released as "Loch Lomond ( Hampden Remix)" and was a commercial success. It debuted at #1 on the Scottish Singles Chart and #9 in the UK. The single was certified silver by the

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. "Loch Lomond" is also the anthem of

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, and their fans sing it before each match.

TV and film

The song is frequently used in TV and movies to convey a sense of Scottish story setting and/or character identity.

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ended the 1938

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short film ''Swing Cat's Jamboree'' with a performance of "Loch Lomond". In ''

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'', an American short musical film by Hal Roach, Annabelle Logan sings a rendition of "Loch Lomond" at the local talent show. The song features in the 1940 American musical

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. In the 1945

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film '' Pursuit to Algiers'', starring

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, Dr. Watson (

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) sings a rendition of "Loch Lomond" accompanied by Sheila Woodbury (

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) on the piano. In the 1955

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animated classic ''

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'', one of its characters, Jock, a

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, sings his own version of "The Bonnie Banks Of Loch Lomond" when he buries a new bone "in isbonnie, bonnie bank in the back yard". In the 1958

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short ''

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'', Nibbles sings the first half of the chorus of "Loch Lomond". The song is heard in the 1963

film ''

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''. The Marcia Blane music class is heard singing the song in the background in '' The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie''. A recording of a Scotsman singing the song in captivity during the

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featured in the 2007

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documentary ''How the Edwardians Spoke''. In the children's cartoon, ''

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'', it is heard in "Ups and Downs" as Wakko and Dr. Scratchansniff ride the elevator. It is also heard in the ''Animaniacs'' feature film ''

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''. In the American TV series ''

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'', Groundskeeper Willie whistles the melody in the episode " Lard of the Dance". In the

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short comedy film ''

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sings a verse of this song after

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declares in a verbal altercation with his neighbor that he will take the "high road" and walk away. In ''

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'' Season 7 Episode 19, the tune is featured under the title "The Birks of St Kilde." It is played by a grandfather clock and later by Lex Luthor on the piano as he quotes alternative plot-important lyrics: "On the shores of St Kilde, birks sway in the wind from the left to the right again." In the 2000 movie ''

Prince of Central Park ''Prince of Central Park'' is a 2000 movie. The cast included Kathleen Turner, Danny Aiello, Harvey Keitel, and Cathy Moriarty. It was written and directed by John Leekley, and produced by Julius R. Nasso, Steven Seagal, and John P. Gulino. Th ...

'' J.J. Somerled, played the song in keyboard while Jerry Orbach as a businessman, sang the song. In ''

The Office ''The Office'' is the title of several mockumentary sitcoms based on a British series originally created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant as '' The Office'' in 2001. The original series also starred Gervais as manager and primary charac ...

'' Season 8 Episode 20 "Welcome Party" Andy sings an excerpt from the song.

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Roud Folksong Index #9598
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Bonnie Loch Loman
, Edinr.: Published by Paterson & Roy, (1840 or 1841) at the

Morgan Library & Museum The Morgan Library & Museum (originally known as the Pierpont Morgan Library and colloquially known the Morgan) is a museum and research library in New York City, New York, U.S. Completed in 1906 as the private library of the banker J. P. Morg ...

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Bonnie Banks o' Lochlomond broadside
at National Library of Scotland. ;Scores
The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomon': Popular Scottish Song
. Amey & Hodgins.
Loch Lomond

Arthur Foote Arthur William Foote (March 5, 1853 in Salem, Massachusetts – April 8, 1937 in Boston, Massachusetts) was an American classical composer, and a member of the " Boston Six." The other five were George Whitefield Chadwick, Amy Beach, Edward Ma ...

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Loch Lomond
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''Loch Lomond'', Op. 13

Loch Lomond
, Ralph Vaughan Williams.
The Bonniest Lass in a' the World
, ''Orpheus Caledonius: or, A collection of Scots songs'', Volume II. #24, XXIV. London: William Thomson. 1733.
Robin Cushie
, in ''A Collection of Scots Tunes''. Ed. William McGibbon. London: R. Bremner, 1762. 36. {{DEFAULTSORT:Bonnie Banks O' Lock Lomond, The 1841 in Scotland 1841 songs Benny Goodman songs Jacobite rising of 1745 Loch Lomond Number-one singles in Scotland Scottish folk songs Songs about rivers