Killed in battle. He will now take the "high road"
(in heaven) while Moira (his love) stays on the
"low road." They will never meet again in this
life but they will some day meet again far above
the bonnie banks of Loch lomond.

O wither away my bonnie May (which direction) Sae
late an' sae far in the gloamin' (so far in the
dusk) The mist gathers grey o'er moorland and brae
(hill) O wither sae far are ye roamin'?

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O ye'll tak the high road an' I'll tak the low
I'll be in Scotland afore ye For me and my true
love will never meet again By the bonnie bonnie
banks o' Loch Lomond

O well may I weep for yestreen in my sleep (well)
(yesterday) we stood bride and bridegroom together
But his arms and his breath were as cold as the
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I trusted my ain love last night in the broom
(own) (bush) My Donald wha' loves me sae dearly
For the morrow he will march for Edinburgh toon
(town) Tae fecht for his King and Prince Charlie
(to fight)

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As dauntless in battle as tender in love He'd
yield ne'er a foot tae the foeman (enemy) But
never again frae the field o' the slain (from) To
his Moira will he come by Loch Lomond

The thistle may bloom, the King haing his ain
(hang his own) And fond lovers may meet in the
gloamin' And me and my true love will yet meet
again Far above the bonnie banks of Loch Lomond

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