| Sae late an' sae far in the gloamin'
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| The mist gather grey o’er moorland and brae (hill)
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| O wither sae far are ye roamin'?
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| O ye’ll tak the high road an' I’ll tak the low I’ll be in Scotland afore ye
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| For me and my true love will never meet again
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| By the bonnie bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond
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| I trusted my ain love last night in the broom (own) (bush)
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| My Donald wha' loves me sae dearly
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| For the morrow he will march for Edinburgh toon (town)
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| Tae fecht for his King and Prince Charlie
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| O well may I weep for yestreen in my sleep (well) (yesterday) we stood bride
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| and bridegroom together
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| But his arms and his breath were as cold as the death
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| And his heart’s blood ran red in the heather
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| As dauntless in battle as tender in love
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| He’d yield ne’er a foor toe the foeman (enemy)
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| But never again frae the field o' the slain (from)
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| Tae his Moira will he come by Loch Lomond
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| The thistle may bloom, the King hae his ain (have his own)
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| And fond lovers may meet in the gloamin'
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| And me and my true love will yet meet again
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| Far above the bonnie banks of Loch Lomond |