Banks And Braes On Visit To Loch Lomond In The Trossachs Of Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video, with Scottish music and song, on ancestry visit to the banks and braes of Loch Lomond, Scottish Gaelic: Loch Laomainn, a freshwater Scottish loch which crosses the Highland Boundary Fault, often considered the boundary between the lowlands of Central Scotland and the Highlands in the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park. 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 tae gae On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond Chorus Oh you tak' the high road and I'll tak the low road An' I'll be in Scotland afore 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 of Ben Lomond, Where in purple hue, the hielan' hills we view, An' the moon comin' out in the gloamin'. Chorus The wee birdies sing, and the wild flowers spring, While in sunshine the waters are sleepin' But the broken heart it kens nae second spring again, Tho' the waefu' may cease free their greetin'. Chorus Loch Lomond is the largest lake by surface area in Great Britain, and the second largest lake by volume in Great Britain, after Loch Ness. The word Lomond comes from the Gaelic leamhan, which means elm, making it the Lake of Elms, or it may originate from laom, meaning beacon, referring to nearby mountain Ben Lomond as Beacon Hill. Loch Lomond was made famous by the song The Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond, first published in 1841. “O ye’ll tak’ the high road, and I’ll tak’ the low road, and I’ll be in Scotland a’fore ye”. Many think of it as a romantic song, but the lyrics actually relate to the Jacobite Rising of 1745, the last in a series of bloody revolts against the British throne. Loch Lomond and Loch Ness, together with Lochs Awe, Morar and Shiel, hold around a third of all the lake water in Scotland. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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