The Ramparts - Loch Lomond

Oh! ye'll take the high road and I'll take the low road,

And I'll be in Scotland afore ye;

But me and my true love will never meet again

On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.

The wee birdie sang and the wildflowers spring,

And in sunshine the waters are sleeping,

But the broken heart it kens nae second Spring again,

Tho' the waeful may cease frae their greeting.

      If you want tae know what the origins of this song, here they are: Twa Scottish soldiers who were imprisoned by the English on the Scottish Borders. One of them was going to be set free, but the other one was going to be executed. In Scottish legend, anyone who dies outside Scotland takes the "low road" back to their hameland, where they will finally be at peace.

      In this song, the doomed soldier is comforting the soldier who will be set free. He tells them that "you’ll tak the high road and I’ll tak the low road, and I’ll be in Scotland afore ye".