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The bonnie banks of Loch Lomond

Een lied dat op veel basisscholen in Schotland al geleerd werd is deze:

[i]Loch Lomond

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 be,
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.

Oh, you’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.

I mind where we parted in yon shady glen,
On the steep, steep side of Ben Lomond,
Where in deep purple hue the Highland hills we view,
And the moon coming out in the gloaming.

Oh, you’ll take the high road… etc.

The wee birdies sing and the wild flowers spring,
And in sunshine the waters are sleeping,
But the broken heart will ken no second spring again,
And the world does not know how we are greeting.

Oh, you’ll take the high road… etc.[/i]–

Lady John Scott