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HIGHLAND SAGA - Buy or listen the new album for the show now: The Bonnie Banks o’ Loch Lomond: A very well-known Scottish song, which celebrates the beauty of the largest Scottish Loch (Lake) and it’s surroundings, but at the same time tells a sad tale. Interpretations are generally connected to the Jacobite rebellion of 1745 - assuming that the song depicts a conversation between two Scottish soldiers held captive by the English army. One version says one can return home (the high road), and the other will be executed and his soul will be transported back home to Scotland by the fairies (low road). Another says the survivor will take to the hills (high road), while the corpse of the executed soldier will be transported along the main (low) road. A song of love, loss and Scottish soul. The Bonnie Banks o’ Loch Lomond Lyrics: 1) By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes, Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond, Where me and my true
