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1 S 4 8 Lo Lo reely q 8 solo By yon bon - nie banks and by yon bon - nie braes Where sun shines bright on Loch - mond Where me and me true love were ev -er wont to gae On bon- nie bon-nie banks o' Loch mond Ó 4 4 Ó 4 4 or Chor Leoni: director Diane Loomer Loch Lomond traditional arr onathan Quick voiced or treble voices by editor Larry Nickel 4 Ó 4 4 m m m A Ó 4 4 m S A A q 86 legato 1 coyright CYPRESS CHORAL MSIC 000 Coying or reroducing this music in any way is illegal

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7 8 S A 68 rit Ó bon- nie bon - nie banks o' Loch Lo - (m) w w bon- nie bon - nie banks o' Loch Lo mond Ó bon- nie bon - nie banks o' Loch Lo - (m) bon- nie bon - nie banks o' Loch Lo - (m) Ó At time in Scottish history when "Loch Lomond" was a new song nited Kingdom (which united Scotland England and Wales) had already been ormed But Highland Scots wanted a Scottish not an English King to rule Led by ir Bonnie Prince Charlie (Prince Charles Edward Stuart) y attemted unsuccessully to deose Britain's King George II An army o 7000 Highlanders were deeated on Aril at amous Battle o Culloden Moor It is this same battle that indirectly gives rise to this beautiul song Ater battle many Scottish soldiers were imrisoned within England's Carlisle Castle near border o Scotland "Loch Lomond" tells story o two Scottish soldiers who were so imrisoned One o m was to be executed while or was to be set ree According to Celtic legend i someone dies in a oreign land his sirit will travel to his homeland by " low road" - route or souls o dead In song sirit o dead soldier shall arrive irst while living soldier will take "high road" over mountains to arrive aterwards The song is rom oint o view o soldier who will be executed: When he sings "ye'll tak' high road and I'll tak' low road" in eect he is saying that you will return alive and I will return in sirit He remembers his hay ast "By yon bonnie banks where me and my true love were ever wont to gae [accustomed to go]" and sadly accets his death " broken heart it ken nae [knows no] second Sring again" The original olksong uses a six note scale; seventh scale degree is absent rom melody The lyric intertwines sadness o soldier's light with images o Loch Lomond's stunning natural beauty Or onathan Quick ieces ublished by Cyress Choral Music CP Angels From Heaven Came (SATB) CP Sarah (SATB TBB or SSA) CP Son de la Loma (SATB) CP What Child is This? (SATB or TTBB)

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