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Version 1

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X:1
T:Loch Lomond
Z:Webmaster
C:Trad
C:published 1841
O:Scotland
M:4/4
L:1/8
K:G
D2| G2 GA B2 AG| A2 AG E2
w:1.~By yon bon-nie banks, and by yon bon-nie braes,
DD| G2 G2 G2 Bd| e4 d2
w:Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lo-mond,
d2| e2 ed B2 Bd|cB AG E2
w:Where me and my true love will nev-er meet a-gain,
DE| GG Bd e2 dB| A4 G2
w:On the bon-nie, bon-nie banks of Loch Lo-mond.
D2| G2 G3/2A/2 B2 BA| G2 G3/2E/2 D2
w:Oh, you take the high road, an' I'll take the low
DD|G2 GG G2 Bd| e4 d2
w:road, And I'll be in Scot-land be-fore ye.
d2| e2 ed B2 Bd| cB AG E2
w:But, me and my true love will nev-er meet a-gain,
DE| GG Bd e2 dB| A4 G2 |]
w:On the bon-nie, bon-nie banks of Loch Lo-mond.
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W:By yon bonnie banks, and by yon bonnie braes,
W:Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond,
W:Where me and my true love will never meet a-gain,
W:On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.
W:.
W:(chorus)
W:Oh you take the high road, an' I'll take the low road,
W:And I'll be in Scotland before ye.
W:But, me and my true love will never meet a-gain,
W:On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.
W:
W:2
W:We'll meet where we parted in yon shady glen,
W:On the steep steep side o'Ben Lomond,
W:When in purple hue the highland hills we view
W:And the moon coming over the gloamin.
W:
W:
W:3
W:Still fair is the scene, but, ah, how changed
W:Are the hopes that we fondly cherished.
W:Like a wat'ry gleam, like a morning dream,
W:On Culloden's field they hae perished.
W:
W:4
W:The wild flowers spring, and the wee birdies sing,
W:And in sunshine the waters are sleepin'.
W:But, the broken heart it knows no second spring,
W:An' resigned we may be tho' we're greetin'.

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