WebMay 29, 2013 · When you 'take the high road' - it means doing the right thing even if its not popular or easy. Not to be confused with the Scottish Song The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond - which no one seems able to really interpret in any case... But is a good tune to reference when you need to remember to 'take the high road' WebThe song 'Loch Lomond' (also known as 'The Bonnie Banks Of Loch Lomond') is a traditional Scottish folk song that was first published in 1841. Loch Lomond itself is the largest of Scotland's lakes (lochs). The 'high road' referred to in the lyrics is simply a 'highway' (or to put it very unromantically, a main road, or major thoroughfare).

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WebYou Take the High Road is an unreleased song by the Mountain Goats. The lyrics from its chorus are taken from the traditional Scottish song "The Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond". Contents 1 Lyrics 2 Comments by John Darnielle About this Song 3 Things Referenced in this Song 4 Live Shows this Song Was Played at 5 Videos of this Song Lyrics WebBy 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 to gae, On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond. O 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, the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow

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WebThe song is sung by a condemned prisoner to his girl. The “low road” is the road to the cemetery and the “high road” the road the living walk on. If she travels to Scotland by the … WebWhen I was younger, I never really understood the words of the Robert Burns ballad “Loch Lomond”: “You take the high road and I’ll take the low road and I’ll be in Scotland afore ye.” I grew up in the flattest part of Ohio, where all the roads run parallel or perpendicular to one another, and topographic variety is almost unknown. WebOh! you'll take the high road and I'll take the low road, And I'll be in Scotland before you; But me and my true love will never meet again On the lovely, lovely banks of Lake Lomond. 'Twas then that we parted in yonder shady glen, On the steep, steep side of Beacon Mountain, Where in purple hue the Highland hills we view, the pot of gold and the rainbow people