By yon bonnie banks
- by yon bonnie braes
Where the sun shines - on Loch Lomond
ALLEMANDE
- and WEAVE
Me and my true love - spent many happy Days
On the banks of Loch Lomond
(Figure): HEADS SQUARE THRU FOUR HANDS around - find the Corner DO SA DO her
SWING THRU - BOYS TRADE - BOYS RUN RIGHT - you FERRIS WHEEL - PASS THRU
TOUCH A QUARTER - SPLIT CIRCULATE - SWING the darling ‘round and PROMENADE her
On the steep sides of Ben Lomond
(Resigned we must be - while we’re parting)
(Resigned we may be while we’re greeting)
(On the banks of Loch Lomond)
You'll take the high
road - and I'll take the low road
I'll be in Scotland before you
Where me and my true love - spent many happy Days
On the bonnie, bonnie banks - ALLEMANDE LEFT - WEAVE THE RING
You'll take the
high road - and I'll take the low road
SWING
the darling - PROMENADE now
Where me and my true love - will never meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond
(Tag): SWING - Bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond
ORIGINAL LYRICS:
By yon bonnie
banks and by yon bonnie braes
Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond
Where me and my true love were ever wont to gae
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond
O ye'll tak' the high road, and I'll tak' the
low road
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
'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
O braw Charlie Stewart, dear true, true heart
Wha could refuse thee protection
Like the weeping birk on the wild hillside
How graceful he looked in dejection
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