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shorter of breathe and one day closer to death

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musicofthecommonfolk:

This is my favourite version of Loch Lomond in part because of the lyrics - almost none of the other versions contain these same verses, just the same chorus - but also in greater part because of Roy Williamson’s heartbreaking vocal performance that so perfectly conveys the air of the song.

The song is a woman’s lamentation for her love who she lost when he went to fight for Bonnie Prince Charlie during the Jacobite uprising. That is the summary of the most popular interpretation of the song, anyway; there is no definitive story to it.

The Corries - Loch Lomond

O whither away my bonnie May
Sae late an’ sae far in the gloamin’
The mist gather grey o’er moorland and brae
O whither sae far are ye roamin’?

Chorus:
O ye’ll tak the high road an’ I’ll tak the low
I’ll be in Scotland afore ye 
For me and my true love will never meet again 
By the bonnie bonnie banks o’ Loch Lomond

I trusted my ain love last night in the broom 
My Donald wha’ loves me sae dearly 
For the morrow he will march for Edinburgh toon
Tae fecht for his King and Prince Charlie

O well may I weep for yestreen in my sleep
We stood bride and bridegroom together 
But his arms and his breath were as cold as the death 
And his heart’s blood ran red in the heather

(chorus)

As dauntless in battle as tender in love 
He’d yield ne’er a foor toe the foeman
But never again frae the field o’ the slain 
Tae his Moira will he come by Loch Lomond

The thistle may bloom, the King hae his ain
And fond lovers may meet in the gloamin’ 
And me and my true love will yet meet again 
Far above the bonnie banks of Loch Lomond

(chorus)

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lindapaulmccartney-blog:

“I always think of Linda still as my girlfriend. That’s how we started out in the ‘60s, just as friends. Whenever I was working late somewhere, I just never fancied it. I thought: “Well, I could stay overnight in this posh hotel, or I could go home to Linda”. And it was always the brighter of the two options: “Yeah, go home to Linda”. It was just I liked being with her, quite frankly. I think that’s the most difficult thing about losing her, just how much I enjoyed being with her.”