Children's Scottish Folksong Lyrics

By yon bonnie banks, and by yon bonnie braes
Where the sunshines bright on Loch Lomond
Where me and my true love were ever wont to gae
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond

Oh, ye’ll take the high road, and I’ll take 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 of Loch Lomond

‘Twas there that we parted in yon shady glen
On the steep, steep side of Ben Lomond
Where in soft purple hue the Highland hills we view
And the moon coming out in the gloaming

Oh, ye’ll take the high road, and I’ll take 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 of Loch Lomond

The wee birds may sing and the wild flowers spring
And in sunshine the waters be sleeping
But the broken heart, it kens nae second spring again
Tho’ the waeful “may cease frae” their greeting

Oh, ye’ll take the high road, and I’ll take 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 of Loch Lomond

 

braes = branches
lock = lake
gae = go
kens = knows
nae = no
waeful = woeful
frae = from