Luyện nghe bài hát Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond

By yon bonnie and by yon bonnie braes,
Where the sun bright on Loch Lomon'.
where me and my true love ever wont to gae
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Lomon'.

O ye'll tak' the high road and tak the low road,
An' I'll be in afore ye;
But me and my true love will never again
On the bonnie, bonnie o' Loch Lomon'.
'Twas there that we parted in yon glen,
On the steep, steep o' Ben Lomon',
Where in purple hue the hills we view,
An' the moon out in the gloamin'.
(chorus)
The wee birdies and the wild flow'rs spring,
And in sunshine the are sleepin';
But the heart it kens nae second spring,
Tho' the may cease frae their greetin'
(chorus)
composer's unknown

Lomon' is short for Lomond, it is probably spelled this way to
the second to rhyme.
There are a number of variations to this song, probably the most known
Scottish after 'auld lang syne'.
The song was apparantly by a young soldier to his sweetheart. Two
of Bonnie Prince Charlies soldiers captured in Carlisle after the
abortive of 1745. One wrote the song, the other was released and
took it to Scotland to give to his colleagues sweetheart. The low
road refers to the soldiers impending and the path of his spirit,
whilst the high road is either the sign of hope for he sacrificed
his life, or the actual road back to Scotland over the rugged hills.
Hence, his spirit would return via the low and be back in Scotland
first.