Loch Lomond

reel

Key signature: Gmajor

Submitted on September 13th 2005 by JonB.

This tune has been added to 42 tunebooks.

Also known as The Braes O' Binnorie, Red Is The Rose.

Recordings of a tune by this name:

• An Irish Evening by The Chieftains
• Celtic Moon: The Magical Sound Of The Celtic Whistle by Phil Brown And Ken Nicol
• Celtic Reign by Celtic Reign
• Feenish Legacy by Marcus Hernon And Padraic Coyne
• Fire In The Kitchen by The Chieftains
• From West To East - Live Sessions by Various Artists
• Home Again by The Glengarry Bhoys
• King Of The Button Box by Jimmy Shand
• Late Breakfast by The Cobblestones
• Souvenir Of Scotland by Hamish MacGregor And The Blue Bonnets
• Spades by Rapalje
• The Devils Of Dublin by Celtic Music Society (East Rochester HS)
• The Uneven Bridge by Glen Ayre

X: 1
T: Loch Lomond
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Gmaj
A,B,|D2 DE F2 FE|D2 DB, A,2 A,B,|E2 EE E2 FA|B4 A4|
B2 BA F2 FA|GF ED B,2 A,B,|D2 FA B2 AF|E4 D4||

Loch Lomond

This tunes was requested a while ago. This is a simple version. You can play around with ornamentation in this quite a bit (and people do) to come up with enless variations, so I have left it "clean".

# Posted on September 13th 2005 by JonB

A sad song?

I remember hearing somewhere that, far from being a happy song, this is actually about being hanged (with much the same sentiment, if predating, "The Green Green Grass of Home" - although musically a tad different). Perhaps somebody knows better?

# Posted on September 13th 2005 by JonB

Nope - I don't think that's the right tune

# Posted on September 14th 2005 by allan21

Not the right tune

I didn't mean any similarities between the tunes but the sentiment (which is a bit irrelevant to actually playing it I suppose).

# Posted on September 15th 2005 by JonB

Well, your version is actually in D major.

# Posted on September 15th 2005 by slainte

Wrong

Nobody got hung "by the bonny, bonny banks o' Loch Lomond". Sure you're not thinking about "McPherson" ?

# Posted on September 15th 2005 by Kenny

No, not by the the Loch

The guy was supposed to be in prison and whistfully thinking of home, the bonny bonny banks being both very far away and very beautiful in comparison to the prison he was in.

I have done a quick search and found this:

"The tune is one of the most famous of Scots airs and appears to be based melodically on "Kind Robin." It is thought to date from the year 1746, and the lyrics are supposed to refer to one of Bonnie Prince Charlie's ill-fated followers who was about to be executed for rebellion. His sweetheart had come to Carlisle, perhaps to seek his release, but he told her he would be taking the 'low road', or grave, back to Loch Lomond, where they had spent their happiest hours."

# Posted on September 15th 2005 by JonB

Loch Lomond

I have found this tune, universally known as "The Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond" in an 1870s collection; there it is called "The Braes o' Binnorie".

# Posted on September 26th 2005 by nigelg