The Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond - Ella Roberts

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  • The Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond - cover by Ella
    ~New Music Video Out Now - Can't Help Falling in Love - • Can't Help Falling in ...
    Official Website www.ellarobertsmusic.com/
    Digital Download Available from Website
    Cinematography and Production
    Benjamin Fraser McKenzie
    benjaminfrasercreations/
    Aerial Cinematography
    Ethan Roberts
    Music Production and Arrangement
    Adrian Hannan
    www.songstore.com.au/
    Special thanks to:
    Granny Janice Leah Roberts
    Todd Ridgway
    RedBeardMusicAustralia/
    Sonya
    Bush Bank Weddings
    www.bushbank.com.au/
    Cloak by
    armstreet.com/
    Lyrics
    By yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes,
    Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomon'
    Where me and my true love will never meet again,
    On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomon'
    O ye'll take the high road and I'll take the low,
    An' I'll be in Scotland afore ye
    For me and my true love will never meet again
    On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomon'
    'Twas there that we parted in yon shady glen,
    On the steep, steep side o' Ben Lomon'
    Where in the purple hue the Hieland hills we view,
    An' the moon comin' out in the gloamin'
    O ye'll take the high road and I'll take the low,
    An' I'll be in Scotland afore ye
    For me and my true love will never meet again
    On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomon'
    The wee birdies sing and the wild flow'rs spring,
    And in sunshine the waters are sleepin'
    But the broken heart it kens nae second spring again,
    Tho' the waefu' may cease frae their greetin'
    O ye'll take the high road and I'll take the low,
    An' I'll be in Scotland afore ye
    For me and my true love will never meet again
    On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomon'
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Комментарии • 9 тыс.

  • @rodniki14
    @rodniki14 4 года назад +10701

    This song makes me proud of the Scottish heritage I do not have.

    • @Jessica-224
      @Jessica-224 4 года назад +826

      We can all have interest in heritage. Even if we aren’t actually from a certain place, I believe we can still have a calling to it and its traditions.

    • @bilalsariffodeen6242
      @bilalsariffodeen6242 4 года назад +199

      @@Jessica-224 very well said indeed

    • @g.h7657
      @g.h7657 4 года назад +115

      @C Fah your actually more Scottish technically. Most Scots mixed with germanics.

    • @angeliquetafani6897
      @angeliquetafani6897 4 года назад +70

      You know everyboddy are mixed. Had to go go and löst people. But ourheart do feal for where wé are from... Angélique Tafani

    • @satrapeia76
      @satrapeia76 4 года назад +79

      same, and I'm Greek

  • @r.g.o3879
    @r.g.o3879 Год назад +1951

    My wife was a beautiful red head we were married for 30 wonderful years. She loved Celtic tunes. There was a poem she learned when she was young she only remembered a little part of it...grow old with me...the best is yet to be. But she passed away one night. We fell asleep in our recliners in the living room after watching one of our old favorite movies and playing her favorite word games. Some time later I heard her slump out of her chair and gently hit the floor. That was December 1st 2014.. I have missed her every single day since. It made me so sad that she wouldn't be with me any longer. I'm 64 now and another year has passed. In my heart she is still with me as we grow old together. One day I'll be able to join her. I feel her beside me always. I was a very lucky man. God bless us all

    • @RobertDecker417
      @RobertDecker417 Год назад +67

      I'm sorry for your loss. She sounds like a wonderful person.

    • @jaykilborn2508
      @jaykilborn2508 Год назад +63

      My wife died in 2021. I think of her and I miss her.

    • @JaneNielsen-wd3li
      @JaneNielsen-wd3li Год назад +16

    • @TeahVickery
      @TeahVickery Год назад +115

      My husband passed in his sleep as well, in March 2015, just 2 weeks after our son's first birthday and 2 weeks before his own 34th birthday. When he passed, he did so laying on my hair, his arm around my waist. Not a day goes by that he isn't in my thoughts. He loved music, but I was the one who loved the Celtic songs, and having lived in Scotland for several years, this song has always been dear to me, and while I still love hearing it, it would be a lie to say that it doesn't rebreak my heart a little each time.

    • @Lalumiairestamour
      @Lalumiairestamour Год назад +13

      🙏🙏🙏

  • @kiwifromnz1953
    @kiwifromnz1953 Месяц назад +53

    I’m a 70 year old fourth generation New Zealander but my Scottish heritage will never leave

    • @robbiethepict2783
      @robbiethepict2783 Месяц назад +4

      To all the blood that flowed away. We miss you.

    • @bevnelson5785
      @bevnelson5785 Месяц назад

      Oh wow that's amazing 😮!

    • @blairrobert3438
      @blairrobert3438 Месяц назад +2

      I'm 81 youngster and Canadian but I'm sure I'll be making the low road trip home when it all ends.

    • @valgunn3590
      @valgunn3590 Месяц назад

      I hear you. On my way to Scotland tomorrow to see Highlands. Gunns were cleared from there in 1880’s. My went to NZ

    • @mcmurphy3690
      @mcmurphy3690 Месяц назад

      God bless you from Scotland always stay strong 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @judyhouck6260
    @judyhouck6260 2 месяца назад +40

    I always feel my Scots Irish ancestors calling when I listen to Celtic music. Beauitful voice Miss Ella.

  • @papahobbitthompson81
    @papahobbitthompson81 3 года назад +2760

    My Grandma used to sing this to me as a child Im 85 now and I still hear her
    .. Thank you.

    • @Philliesphan1994714
      @Philliesphan1994714 3 года назад +65

      Gold bless you.

    • @johannahjohari2915
      @johannahjohari2915 3 года назад +37

      That Beautiful ...

    • @EnjoyLife-sg3kt
      @EnjoyLife-sg3kt 3 года назад +56

      So amazing. My Scottish side is the Burns. The Ancestor responsible for me being alive and creating a life here in America fought in the Battle of Preston and got captured. He had the choice of either getting executed nearby or coming to America and help in colonizing it.
      My Papaw showed me a couple cemeteries where my Ancestors lay in East Texas before he passed.
      So much history that I can't get into in this forum but my bloodline runs deep and 23andme backs that also.
      Also, unsurprisingly, my name is Preston.

    • @AggieW0
      @AggieW0 3 года назад +9

      Can you record hem ???

    • @chasegreen6685
      @chasegreen6685 3 года назад +24

      That is amazing to think about! If you are 85 now, your grandma would have been alive what, 130 years ago approximately? Amazing!

  • @GeneRivas
    @GeneRivas 2 года назад +1570

    Returning from the war many years ago, my Dad taught me this song he learned in the British pubs. I was about four, and now I'm seventy-two, but I can close my eyes and be there again with crystal clarity.

    • @uteme
      @uteme 2 года назад +85

      Oh, there ya go, makin' my eyes water...what a beautiful memory! God bless you!

    • @theresakeller4064
      @theresakeller4064 2 года назад +40

      Memories can be wonderfully comforting

    • @DanskiV2
      @DanskiV2 2 года назад +22

      Beautiful memory 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @agnesparke-james4279
      @agnesparke-james4279 2 года назад +10

      Thanks for sharing your culture.l love to learn about the different cultures
      Thanks for sharing. Beautiful singing.

    • @GeneRivas
      @GeneRivas 2 года назад +24

      @Calmac1888 No . . . .they sang that in the English pubs as well. Everybody was there preparing for the Normandy invasion.

  • @melissamorton1282
    @melissamorton1282 7 месяцев назад +29

    American here but always felt like I was home when hearing this and hearing bagpipes. When I did my ancestry DNA I'm 50% Scottish 😊 My dad was adopted so I had no idea.very welcome news indeed. ❤

  • @_bbedo_
    @_bbedo_ 2 месяца назад +54

    What a beautiful song. Every time I listen to it, my mind goes back to my grandfather. He always used to say to me, "One must approach others as human beings, regardless of their religion, language, or race." He used to help the poor, and everyone loved him. He spent some time in Germany and then returned to his homeland, Turkey. He always told me, "Music is universal," and he listened to music in many languages. One September evening in 2020, he collapsed and suffered a brain hemorrhage. He spent two weeks in intensive care and passed away on October 12th. He visits my dreams almost every night. My grandmother, who adored him, couldn't bear his death and cries every day. When she was nine years old, she witnessed her father being beaten to death in front of her. When she saw my grandfather collapse, and then subsequently lost her siblings one by one, she fell into depression. Forgetfulness set in, and she became childlike. When I stay with her, I tell her stories until she falls asleep. Whenever I listen to this song, all of these memories come flooding back. Rest in peace, Hakkı grandfather. ❤

    • @jonimclin1550
      @jonimclin1550 2 месяца назад +1

      Oh God Bless them with Unconditional Love and Light thru Jesus Christ he was the teacher of that Divine Unconditional Love and Light! People understand that Unconditional Love is the real thing! You will actomantic know it! Blessings to you to you all! ❤️

    • @carolinalogan
      @carolinalogan 2 месяца назад +1

      sevgimi gönderiyorum 🖤

    • @_bbedo_
      @_bbedo_ Месяц назад

      @carolinalogan Thank you ❤

    • @_bbedo_
      @_bbedo_ Месяц назад

      ​@@jonimclin1550Thank you 🙏

    • @caroleyre9144
      @caroleyre9144 Месяц назад

      ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @sashud4774
    @sashud4774 3 года назад +3641

    As a Scottish person seeing these comments, i feel so happy that so many people love our country

    • @teddymathieson3542
      @teddymathieson3542 3 года назад +80

      especially the folks that don't even live here

    • @kidwhositsinthecorner8171
      @kidwhositsinthecorner8171 3 года назад +55

      It is a beautiful place

    • @christinefabre4945
      @christinefabre4945 3 года назад +45

      Oh oui j’aime l’ Ecosse
      Quel merveilleux pays ♥️♥️♥️

    • @iamtheliberated
      @iamtheliberated 3 года назад +58

      My maternal grandfather went through the family tree with me once. His mother's family came over from Scotland. The rest of my family tree on both sides ends up being a blend of German and French, but I'm most proud of the Scottish bit and it shows. Perhaps someday I'll be able to visit the most beautiful nation in my ancestry.

    • @MacKlaus71
      @MacKlaus71 3 года назад +44

      Your country is always in my dream! Greetings from Italy!

  • @arno-luyendijk4798
    @arno-luyendijk4798 4 года назад +1465

    Call me a romantic sod....whatever. But whenever I listen to Scottish traditional songs like these, I don't know where it come from, but it reaches an emotion of something like I want to return to a land I had long time forgotten. Funny as it is, I am Dutch born and raised, but ever since I visited the Highlands in the early 1980's, something remained in me of a land like I had been there before. And the tears of a longing ALWAYS crack me up with songs like these. Always.

    • @puterbuddy
      @puterbuddy 4 года назад +20

      I am Dutch too and feel exactly the same way!

    • @kingsleykrasch6945
      @kingsleykrasch6945 4 года назад +31

      Because we are all the same tribe...

    • @lalir1173
      @lalir1173 4 года назад +30

      I find this with both Irish and Scottish songs and ballads, especially when they're sung well xx

    • @myriamc3388
      @myriamc3388 4 года назад +15

      I feel exactly the same for Scotland although I was born and bred in Reunion Island, I can't help thinking to the year I spent there and visit places like Loch Lomond, Campsies etc. I consider it as my second home and these traditional songs make me want to return there.

    • @62200maria
      @62200maria 4 года назад +3

      Yes!

  • @mbyrd9223
    @mbyrd9223 4 месяца назад +77

    I dont know why but Scottish, Irish and English folk music stirs so many emotions in me. It almost always brings a small tear to my eye, even when its a happy reeing jig. Its like the sounds of a home I've never been to, known or seen but miss terribly.

  • @fionamiller2209
    @fionamiller2209 5 месяцев назад +63

    I'm a proud half Scottish lassie. My parents passed away when I was young but this was my dad's favourite song. It makes me cry but I love this song.

  • @TheStobb50
    @TheStobb50 3 года назад +1195

    The song is based on the traditional belief that your soul will return to your home before you go to heaven, so beautiful

    • @sojourndestination3031
      @sojourndestination3031 3 года назад +19

      Thats very beautiful, thank you for sharing.

    • @mr.passionfruit1958
      @mr.passionfruit1958 3 года назад +59

      This made me think of the time that I believe that my Grandmother visited me after she passed. My grandmother was a smoker, and one day after school when I came home and went to my room, I could smell the scent of cigarette smoke in my room. It hung around until I fell asleep, and was gone when I woke up.
      No one in my family smokes in the house.
      So I think it was my Grandma visiting me one more time because she knew how badly I wanted to see her before she passed.
      So home must be with your family

    • @theywantusdead373
      @theywantusdead373 2 года назад +57

      The song was written by an unknown captured Scottish officer for his wife shortly before his execution

    • @NAConen
      @NAConen 2 года назад +12

      @@mr.passionfruit1958 I’m not trying to be funny but a sign of stroke is smelling something burning. I would get checked out.
      Sorry for your loss.

    • @maggie6
      @maggie6 2 года назад +8

      Oh I hope so. I miss my homeland.

  • @bensy1704
    @bensy1704 Год назад +984

    many dont understand and dont know the meaning and symbolism of this song, this is an adaptation of an older song, this version we written after the Jacobite rebellion about 2 soldiers, one who was sentenced to death the other got to return to Scotland. the meaning of "ye'll take the high road and ill take the low-road" is based in an old belief that if someone dies out of their home country ones soul returns home after death to pass on this was called taking the low road while the one who survived took the high road(the road on earth to scotland) love from Ireland alba go brách

    • @jamesupton4996
      @jamesupton4996 Год назад +18

      Thanks for saying that - the video seems to have no idea.

    • @cxlexotiic6364
      @cxlexotiic6364 Год назад +7

      My cousin is named brae not my people get it but if they knew.......!!!!

    • @crumpingtons
      @crumpingtons Год назад +19

      oh, this makes me cry and love this song more.. thanks for sharing.

    • @Phylax_Luedicke
      @Phylax_Luedicke Год назад +19

      Thank you very much for your explanation so now I have learned something new.

    • @madeleine5561
      @madeleine5561 Год назад +29

      I always heard it was about the families of the people that died in the Jacobite rebellion because the English lined the road from london to scotland with the rebel's bodies . The high road was the souls going to heaven and the low road was earth where the family members would need to take the long way round so to speak to be reunited with those they lost.

  • @philippejouneau7432
    @philippejouneau7432 2 месяца назад +20

    I am not Scottish in any way. I just spent a whole year as a French assistant in Rubislaw Academy, Aberdeen in 1972-1973. I took advantage of my stay to visit nearly all the parts of this beautiful country. My best friend is a wonderful Scottish man. It may sound totally stupid, but since that time I have always felt Scottish. Scotland is my country. I am proud to feel this way. Philippe from France

  • @RobinMacGregor
    @RobinMacGregor Год назад +221

    As a songwriter from the Scottish Highlands myself it's really pleasing to see so many comments from those who love our traditional Scottish songs. Now I'm thinking I should do a cover of this song, too, wearing my kilt, though I live near Loch Ness not Loch Lomond!

    • @DaliyaVector
      @DaliyaVector 11 месяцев назад +5

      Do please ❤

    • @ralphengbloom9665
      @ralphengbloom9665 11 месяцев назад +4

      Add Scottish songs to gospel incorporated you'll do fine

    • @fishmut
      @fishmut 11 месяцев назад +3

      Robin yes please do it , really would love to see it and hear it .🙏

    • @shelleyallen5346
      @shelleyallen5346 9 месяцев назад +3

      Do it!

    • @keylock000
      @keylock000 9 месяцев назад +5

      Does not matter where you are, just do all classics and don't forget The mull of kintyre.

  • @kinocorner976
    @kinocorner976 3 года назад +1764

    No Scotsman ever dies, he simply goes to the lands he loves, home.

    • @Pauldoesstuff
      @Pauldoesstuff 3 года назад +10

      True

    • @hockeychick1321
      @hockeychick1321 3 года назад +78

      My Father just passed away and seeing your comment brought me peace. I know he has gone home to Skye. Blessings to you.

    • @overthewebb
      @overthewebb 3 года назад +28

      He takes the low road.

    • @ericgustafson732
      @ericgustafson732 3 года назад +7

      love that reply.

    • @ericgustafson732
      @ericgustafson732 3 года назад +10

      i'm part scottish.

  • @erlusurybuenafe6319
    @erlusurybuenafe6319 3 года назад +473

    I'm Asian, clearly I don't have any Scottish in me, but this music, this song gives me chills and makes me feel so much at home. Nostalgic even.

    • @karalynne7616
      @karalynne7616 3 года назад +21

      So interesting. Perhaps in a past life...

    • @larsuppling981
      @larsuppling981 3 года назад +6

      Dont say that, scots were a part of the Royal Navy once upon a time... who knows what happened way back when.

    • @mikereilly7629
      @mikereilly7629 3 года назад +28

      True music transcends such irrelevant things such as time,and language and nationality.True music is the cry of the soul freeing the heart in song

    • @ga6860
      @ga6860 3 года назад +23

      That’s so funny, I feel the same. I used to listen to Japanese music and feel like....pride? Nostalgia too even. And i have 0% of any Asian in me and am mostly Celtic. Haha, I guess that just means it’s good music from beautiful cultures 🖤

    • @aragornthebrave
      @aragornthebrave 3 года назад +4

      Have you listened to a Wild Mountain Thyme? That's a good one too 🙂

  • @amberlightrunner4696
    @amberlightrunner4696 7 месяцев назад +28

    After a lifetime of hearing about my families history and their voyage to the US to start a new life when food was scarce, I've always wanted to go to Scotland and see Mt heritage.
    This past year, my fiancé and I finally got to visit Scotland, and stand on the banks of Loch Lomond. How many times had I sung this song and I finally got to touch those waters and stand on its banks. Scotland is so beautiful. Words cannot describe the feeling you get in your heart when you're in thise hills. The air smells sweeter, the grass is greener, the moss is as soft as a feather bed, and the people are as kind as the midwest. It broke our hearts to have to leave, but we plan on returning every few years from now until we die. 😅

  • @gregwatt2310
    @gregwatt2310 Год назад +39

    My Dad used to sing this song to me when I was young! He was a Scottish Highlander who immigrated to New Zealand in the 1920s, I absolutely love the song, and get goosebumps every time I hear it!!

  • @g.hw.576
    @g.hw.576 2 года назад +504

    As a Korean, I loved Scotland so much that I stayed near Loch Lomond for five months. Scotland is always where I want to go again. I can't forget the clear water, wind, and sunlight.

    • @ng3057
      @ng3057 2 года назад +10

      I’m so glad you enjoyed beautiful Scotland , I am partially Scottish and have many family that live there , it’s so magical ! Much 💕

    • @stevenj2108
      @stevenj2108 2 года назад +9

      Haist you back friend

    • @Eskay1206
      @Eskay1206 2 года назад +27

      Sunlight? Scotland? :)

    • @davidgilchrist1095
      @davidgilchrist1095 2 года назад +3

      @@Eskay1206 was about to say the same thing.

    • @lewisrand7024
      @lewisrand7024 2 года назад +1

      @@davidgilchrist1095 Fields of Anfield Road

  • @DraggingNeedles
    @DraggingNeedles 5 лет назад +803

    This was my mother's favorite song. She sang it often. She missed her home, and wanted to return! Everytime I hear it, I think of her. I'm sure she finally made it home ....

    • @cheesethekoala8756
      @cheesethekoala8756 5 лет назад +20

      Carolanne Szoke
      Oh! The true love sang in the song is like Scotland to her then? I miss my home, never been yet, but something is pulling me towards it... I miss you Ireland...

    • @timeatoth4722
      @timeatoth4722 5 лет назад +19

      As a Hungarian living here in Scotland...this place is amazing :) love and light

    • @flashmote1
      @flashmote1 5 лет назад +10

      I'm crying now. Bless her heart, and yours.

    • @palacsintacsatornaja6103
      @palacsintacsatornaja6103 5 лет назад

      @@timeatoth4722 álom :'(

    • @lisareichard5227
      @lisareichard5227 5 лет назад +27

      My Dad with his beautiful tenor voice, would sing this (and many others) often. I was lucky that he worked from home and sang to my brother and I... All The Time! What I would give to hear his sweet voice again. 😞 Happy Father's Day Dad 😘

  • @Wakeupgrandowl
    @Wakeupgrandowl Год назад +233

    Does anyone else find traditional Scottish songs feel like a calling home? Even though you’re not really Scottish 😂

    • @fernas4002
      @fernas4002 2 месяца назад

      Yes!😂❤️

    • @johnsinclair2726
      @johnsinclair2726 2 месяца назад

      Scottish and Confederate songs

    • @johnsinclair2726
      @johnsinclair2726 2 месяца назад

      But I am Scottish

    • @glesgapal
      @glesgapal 2 месяца назад

      I'm so glad I'm a Scot.
      It gets me right here.. ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @SimonRaahauge1973
      @SimonRaahauge1973 Месяц назад

      Haters don't.... but who cares about haters? 😂

  • @samarthdevale1402
    @samarthdevale1402 8 месяцев назад +32

    Greetings from India! My recent visit to Scotland was a truly transformative experience. I had the privilege of being guided by a knowledgeable Scot who not only enlightened me about Scottish culture, food, traditions, music, and history but also deeply enriched my appreciation for this magnificent country. The guide also shared the story behind this particular song, and now, whenever I listen to it, I am moved to tears.
    - With heartfelt affection from India.

  • @spaghettiyeti7097
    @spaghettiyeti7097 3 года назад +438

    My ancestors moved from Scotland to Australia, on a prison ship, many years ago. I’ve never been to Scotland, Australia is my home, but when I hear music like this there is something in my bones calling me to return home.

    • @janetstonerook4552
      @janetstonerook4552 3 года назад +45

      My ancestor William MacIntosh too came to Boston on a prison ship as a 14 y.o. old political prisoner of the British. He'd been taken from the battlefield in Scotland and forced on a death march into England. Only a few hundred of the thousands of Scots made it to that point.
      He toiled for years as an indentured laborer in the ironworks factory, earned his freedom and learned his trade, then married a young Irish woman, ( Jael
      O' Sullivan) who'd also been a political prisoner from a wealthy family and sent here by the British. They moved to Block Island just off the coast of Rhode Island where they became strong citizens and land owners and had a large family
      I often think of the horror those two young teenagers must have witnessed to be torn from their families and tossed in shackles onto a ship and how they were able to persevere and overcome.

    • @yvonnelenders5986
      @yvonnelenders5986 3 года назад +25

      It's time to go home. Your ancestors are calling you to that stunning country

    • @spaghettiyeti7097
      @spaghettiyeti7097 3 года назад +8

      @@janetstonerook4552 beautifully tragic family history, I wish I would know more about mine. It’s definitely time to start researching.

    • @spaghettiyeti7097
      @spaghettiyeti7097 3 года назад +3

      @@yvonnelenders5986 One day I’ll make my way there

    • @brigidtheirish
      @brigidtheirish 3 года назад +7

      @@firewolflegend Agreed. I'm part Irish and part Scots (among other things) and visiting both lands was one of the best decisions of my life. There's a history in the earth that you can *feel.*

  • @ziyou3494
    @ziyou3494 3 года назад +385

    I am Chinese. I don't speak Scottish. I find these local (aka not so main stream) languages, cultures and histories incredibly beautiful. Sadly the many regional dialects and cultures in China are becoming extinct at an alarming speed. Kudos to those governments and people who recognize the value of these local cultures and do their part to preserve them.

    • @seanhartnett79
      @seanhartnett79 3 года назад +8

      Honestly aside from Cantonese, what will survive?

    • @Zestyclose-Big3127
      @Zestyclose-Big3127 3 года назад +14

      If it helps to say this, a lot of these cultures were also becoming extinct at an alarming speed in the past (which often was kind of how they stopped being mainstream in the first place), at times maybe because of their governments at the time. I'm definitely with you on hoping that stops happening everywhere.

    • @darrenmca5960
      @darrenmca5960 3 года назад +1

      Covid

    • @leekenyon8705
      @leekenyon8705 3 года назад +7

      Connected to the china governments desire to rounds up the villagers and relocate them to the cities?

    • @siliasporter4424
      @siliasporter4424 3 года назад +1

      Do you live in china? If so how do you have youtube and what is your opinion on the CCP?

  • @anthonymanderson7671
    @anthonymanderson7671 11 месяцев назад +83

    I'm from zambia and this song makes me proud of my scottish heritage 🇿🇲❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @alickchipatela763
      @alickchipatela763 6 месяцев назад

      🇿🇲 love from Zambia

    • @SimonRaahauge1973
      @SimonRaahauge1973 Месяц назад

      denmark isn't ecxatly the highlands either, the tallest natural point being less than 180 meters tall...

  • @user-bt9qb2lx4h
    @user-bt9qb2lx4h 8 месяцев назад +21

    My mother is native american, my father's family immigrated from Scotland. My grandmother would sing this to me every night.

  • @DanielAdiNugroho
    @DanielAdiNugroho 2 года назад +210

    I'm an ethnic Javanese - living half a world away from Scotland, not a drop of Scottish blood in my veins, and have never stepped my foot in Europe, yet this music touched deep into my soul. My ears can only discern maybe 20% of the words, but that's more than enough for me to sing along.

    • @cassandraisidore2754
      @cassandraisidore2754 Год назад +13

      You are not alone. I'm Carib/African Celtic songs resonate so deeply with me

    • @rogermaris5
      @rogermaris5 Год назад +6

      I can't stop crying, I'm fully Scottish

    • @froggystyle642
      @froggystyle642 Год назад +4

      Imagine how I feel. One day, I may leave Scotland, but it will never leave me.

    • @winddmmy
      @winddmmy Год назад +2

      @@cassandraisidore2754 i hear my pops was Scotts Irish and Cherokee born on the res.

    • @tarisazahra1150
      @tarisazahra1150 Год назад +2

      You're not alone

  • @The_CIA
    @The_CIA 3 года назад +393

    *I'm full Irish, and a Gael, and I'm proud to share my heritage with the Scotts*

    • @Ryzoft
      @Ryzoft 3 года назад +50

      I'm proud to share my heritage with the Irish as well. Long prosper the Celtic nations.

    • @alangibney930
      @alangibney930 2 года назад +23

      🇮🇪❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @garryej
      @garryej 2 года назад +19

      I've got the best of both! Irish grandmother and Scottish mother and father!

    • @rebelboi7033
      @rebelboi7033 2 года назад +3

      Cringy ye must be auld

    • @isabelacastillo8116
      @isabelacastillo8116 2 года назад +12

      And sadly I’m English

  • @DiscGoStu
    @DiscGoStu 8 месяцев назад +11

    I’m an American of Scottish descent who grew up going to the Highland Games every spring to watch the pipe bands. Hadn’t heard this song in years, maybe not even as a grown man; it reduced me to tears in seconds 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @rogerfeuge1547
    @rogerfeuge1547 3 месяца назад +9

    Ella Roberts perfored wonderfully and really brought back memories. A long long time ago, while serving in the US Navy, I was assigned to NATO staff and spent a large portion of my time in Scotland. The people, the history and the beauty made it my most favorite place on earth. I grew to feel as if I were a part of it.

  • @RobertSmith-xu3kp
    @RobertSmith-xu3kp 3 года назад +2767

    This song has particular meaning to me. I'm descended from Orkney Scots who fought with Bonny Prince Charlie. After the battle of Culloden in 1745 when the Scottish clans were defeated by the English, my ancestor David fled to the American colonies with his son Robert, leaving his older son John in Scotland to care for David's wife until they could be sent for. David and Robert eventually settled in upstate New York where they changed their name from McGregor to Smith. Unfortunately David's wife died before she and John could cross the ocean, and John joined the British army not wanting anything to do with his father and brother. During the American Revolution, Robert fought with the Americans and John fought with the British. According to family stories they met at the Battle of Freeman's Farm in 1777 where John was wounded. The story then has it Robert took the wounded John home to his farm a few miles away where John died after reconciling with his brother, his only request that Robert would deliver his bible to his wife in Kirkwall . Robert then journeyed back to Scotland for the first time since he fled as a child to fulfil his brother's wish. As result, to this day the American and the Scottish sides of my family are still close and every now we get together. I live just down the road from Robert's farm which is still in the family and I've twice gotten to go to Scotland where my distant cousin still has John's bible. I always imagine that this song is the two brothers speaking to each other in those last few hours they had together.

    • @brigidtheirish
      @brigidtheirish 3 года назад +159

      That sounds right out of a Shakespearean tragedy, except with survivors. Wow. And I though my great-grandparents eloping was dramatic.

    • @goatface6602
      @goatface6602 3 года назад +94

      That’s one hell of a story! Peace.

    • @atlu69
      @atlu69 3 года назад +68

      Thank you very much for sharing 👍🙏☺️

    • @Vampluvver
      @Vampluvver 3 года назад +96

      oh my God I am crying. I love history and yours just got to me. I love your story with such a great depth of honor. Thank you for sharing.

    • @marclafauce3726
      @marclafauce3726 3 года назад +51

      What a beautiful story and a rich family history.God Bless ya.

  • @Tiger-jt1qm
    @Tiger-jt1qm 4 года назад +465

    My mother sang it to me as a small boy as she rocked me to sleep. Thank you Ella For your rendition. Now old, and near the low road myself, it made me weep with joy. I miss my mother... I miss my Scotland

    • @northscot9862
      @northscot9862 4 года назад +6

      nuair a gheibh thu bàs thig do spiorad dhachaigh a dh'Alba

    • @WitchVine
      @WitchVine 4 года назад +12

      My nana used to sing it to me. I have no children of my own. But now that I've remembered it I'll sing it to my nieces and nephew. My nana was Irish and she sang a lot of both Irish and Scottish songs.

    • @birddog7492
      @birddog7492 4 года назад +8

      I miss my (Alba) Scotland also. My father has taken the low. and I long to see him.

    • @maloureyes8089
      @maloureyes8089 4 года назад +1

      Touched by this! Thank you for sharing! God bless!

    • @TheBlonddoctor
      @TheBlonddoctor 4 года назад +31

      When my daughter was little this was the only song that would comfort her and put her to sleep. Two years ago she passed away from cancer. All that time I was describing how we would meet. One would take the high road and one low, but we shall meet. It was the song I sang as she left this world. I miss you Tassie.

  • @maxibradshaw
    @maxibradshaw Год назад +17

    Through dna testing.. I found that I'm HALF (Scottish, Irish, Welsh)
    WOW!! I'm beyond happy to have that in me. ❤❤❤

  • @bsansovich
    @bsansovich Год назад +73

    Regardless of where you are from, I think that everyone can agree that this song is beautiful. Elas voice is pure gold.

  • @zachtalongamesyt9981
    @zachtalongamesyt9981 3 года назад +242

    This song makes me homesick for a place I've never been. I've always been fascinated by Scottish history and culture, and this has been one of my favourite songs since I was very young. I recently learned that I do have Scottish ancestry, and one of my biggest dreams is to someday visit the country.

    • @clockworkkirlia7475
      @clockworkkirlia7475 3 года назад +5

      Definitely do! We're right friendly and aw. Once old Rhona's away, I'm sure you'd be more than welcome to come up and find your roots. We have famously long memories... 'Cept in the evening, of course.

    • @allymcgrath7204
      @allymcgrath7204 3 года назад +3

      We're all friendly and that and can handle our drink😂🍻

    • @flashkellam7395
      @flashkellam7395 3 года назад +4

      If you have Scottish heritage, then no doubt your emotional feelings for Caledonia are buried deep in your racial memory.

    • @jessicasarahliddell8883
      @jessicasarahliddell8883 3 года назад +2

      Please go there you will feel so at home to have Scottish heritage means a little bit of you is Scottish my grandfathers family is Scottish and the first time I went I felt such a sense of internal peace.

    • @lyndseybennett1836
      @lyndseybennett1836 3 года назад +1

      Scottish are so friendly love being scottish I love my heritage

  • @janetstonerook4552
    @janetstonerook4552 3 года назад +232

    We in the Appalachian Mountains of the United States carried these songs and traditions with us to this area as the earliest European settlers. We are proud of our Scottish heritage and carried that independence and strength with us.

    • @northscot9862
      @northscot9862 3 года назад +16

      Madam I as a Scotsman, I would be proud to ken ye. Never forget who you are or where you came from. May you live long and healthy. Slainte. SAOR ALBA GU BRATH

    • @seanhartnett79
      @seanhartnett79 3 года назад +3

      My ancestors were from Ireland, Scotland and Wales. A decent number were more or less kidnapped and ended up dumped in America. In the 1800’s.

    • @Suzibel73
      @Suzibel73 3 года назад +6

      My husband and I have owned an old 90 year old cabin in the Pisgah National Forest for 20 years and the mountains are calling to us. We are so blessed to have this little 900 sq ft retreat especially during this pandemic. We can see why the state of North Carolina “called” the author of the Outlander books (series) to write about Fraser Mountain. The trip from Scotland to NC was such an eye-opener.

    • @themaskedman221
      @themaskedman221 3 года назад

      The majority of old Appalachian ballads came from Ireland, not Scotland.

    • @kent1915
      @kent1915 3 года назад +5

      As a fellow scots Irish from the Appalachia mountains, I was raised knowing these songs. Ive sought my kids these songs. Its part of who we are and what ties us to our history! Slainte!

  • @audreyperreault2036
    @audreyperreault2036 5 месяцев назад +13

    My former husband passed away 5 years ago. He was Scottish. This was one of his favorite songs..! I miss him deeply especially looking at this scenery and listening to the words of this beautiful and poignant song..!

  • @jackw8170
    @jackw8170 3 месяца назад +15

    As a Scotsman...I love her version and her voice. It's as if an angel is singing. The voice of an angel!

  • @billkirkpatrick9112
    @billkirkpatrick9112 2 года назад +290

    My grandfather was from Loch Lomond... God bless him. Tears every time I hear this beautiful song.

    • @jamessharman2947
      @jamessharman2947 2 года назад +2

      God bless you and your Grandfather and family. God is love. xXx

    • @clivesmith6513
      @clivesmith6513 Год назад

      A1111@

    • @ValaHough
      @ValaHough Год назад +1

      There is a neighborhood called Kilpatrick (near Loch Lomond).

    • @Hero32388
      @Hero32388 Год назад +2

      I've no Scottish blood, but the song is so dang beautiful...couldn't stop myself from crying like a baby.

    • @Irene.R
      @Irene.R Год назад

      @@Hero32388 I'm a Scots lass, born & bred & I know exactly what you mean!.

  • @pocatellocowboy1077
    @pocatellocowboy1077 5 лет назад +710

    If Ella Roberts, singing this song, on this video, with this beautiful scenery does not stir your blood, then your blood has stopped flowing.

    • @loisgordon5347
      @loisgordon5347 5 лет назад +7

      agreed!!!

    • @melodytenisch6232
      @melodytenisch6232 5 лет назад +1

      @@loisgordon5347 Yep!

    • @doubleghod
      @doubleghod 5 лет назад +6

      Well, either your blood has ceased flowing or you are an Anglophile.

    • @Nightstriker995
      @Nightstriker995 5 лет назад +8

      Celtic music, like this, ALWAYS stirs my blood, i'm part celtic.

    • @angelafahlenkamp9311
      @angelafahlenkamp9311 5 лет назад +2

      I just asked who would want to down vote this.....

  • @TorgerVedeler
    @TorgerVedeler 4 месяца назад +7

    Wonderful. Now you’ve made this old Viking cry.
    Thank you.

  • @davidmccandless3135
    @davidmccandless3135 Год назад +14

    I was born on the banks o"the Clyde" 82 years ago, spent some my youth on the Loch ,during the war, beautiful, thanks.

  • @ronaldstewart2532
    @ronaldstewart2532 5 лет назад +5544

    i think a lot of you aren't aware of the story of this song. The song is about 2 imprisoned soldiers in England, 1 was to be beheaded, the other was sent back to Scotland as a free man.
    This is why the song goes, "you take the high road and I'll take the low", the low road is what we call being dead sometimes. The high road is over the hills. Then the next line is "and I'll be in Scotland before you" meaning he's going to be in heaven/Scotland.
    Its about the battle of Culloden in the 1700s

    • @europaddy1904
      @europaddy1904 5 лет назад +203

      Thank you Ronald,
      I love this song since many years, but didn´t know about it´s story... always wondered, what is meant by high and low road...

    • @Rebecc765
      @Rebecc765 5 лет назад +188

      Ronald, thank you for telling us about the history of, and the meanings of certain lyrics in, this wonderful song. I have Scottish heritage from both of my parents. My father sang this song from the time I was very young and my mother recently passed away, the latter of the two to die. I have been listening to various recordings of the song lately, remembering my parents and my own visit to Loch Lomond when I was 21 years old. It makes the listening even more enjoyable knowing what you have kindly shared with us.

    • @coling8992
      @coling8992 5 лет назад +41

      Thank you 😀

    • @wendycarey8959
      @wendycarey8959 5 лет назад +279

      Yes. It's based on an old Scots legend that when a Scot dies anywhere outside Scotland, his spirit travels home by the Low Road. I hate it when it's sung in a rollicking way, because it's a truly poignant story.

    • @wendycarey8959
      @wendycarey8959 5 лет назад +170

      @@europaddy1904 It's based on an old Scots legend that when a Scot dies anywhere outside Scotland his spirit travels home to Scotland by the Low Road. So the man who is to be executed, his spirit will travel home almost instantaneously by the Low Road for the dead, while the one who is to be ransomed, he will make his way home by the High Road.

  • @jonforcanada4047
    @jonforcanada4047 4 года назад +436

    I am Canadian, my family came here from Kenmore Scotland in the late 1700’s. This makes me think maybe it’s time I come home!

    • @scottishalwaysdixie1638
      @scottishalwaysdixie1638 4 года назад +12

      Aye used 2 Camp up in Kenmore beautiful Place @ People 🥂s

    • @solidsoup5027
      @solidsoup5027 4 года назад +29

      Then do it bud, it home is calling then come back

    • @johngluck6938
      @johngluck6938 4 года назад +14

      I live in Kentucky . My Creich ancestors and Blair are from around Dundee, Scotland. WE have the Blair and Creich Castels still standing there. i am definitely going to visit!

    • @johnwildman3708
      @johnwildman3708 4 года назад +12

      Canadian here too. I am a descendent of the McDonalds of Glencoe.

    • @zacharybeckman3081
      @zacharybeckman3081 4 года назад +12

      Also Canadian but I haven't a drop of Scottish blood in me. Still though I feel a sort of kinship with the Scots, after all they did a lot to help build this country. often I feel as though they are more of a motherland to us than England.

  • @freedomfriday2.040
    @freedomfriday2.040 3 месяца назад +16

    I served as a missionary there! To this day I’m forever grateful for my time among that majestic land, great people and soul filled history!

  • @capture_diaries
    @capture_diaries 10 месяцев назад +14

    I have not a drop of Scottish blood in me, yet somehow I'm moved to tears when I listen to this song.

    • @nba2kaii12
      @nba2kaii12 10 месяцев назад +2

      This would bring tears to a glass eye this one even more so if you know the true meaning behind the song you should look it up the song is hundreds years old

    • @jgalt155
      @jgalt155 6 месяцев назад

      Two brothers captured by english soldiers were taken to jail in Carslile and told one would live and the other executed , in the morning the younger brother awoke to find his brotrher gone , this is the story behind the song , all the best from Scotland .

  • @starwrs3468
    @starwrs3468 3 года назад +141

    I’m Canadian but my ancestors are Scottish. Hearing stories from my grandparents about their parents and grandparents from Scotland makes me proud of my heritage. Knowing about the clans that my ancestors belonged to and having the tartans in my house is a great honour. Urquhart and McLane are my people. As someone who lives in a new country with not much of its own specific culture it’s nice to have something to belong to even if it’s only in memory.

    • @vostokcosomonaut5205
      @vostokcosomonaut5205 3 года назад +2

      I think that any colonial countries within the commonwealth can claim British culture as their own, all for one and one for all.

    • @starwrs3468
      @starwrs3468 3 года назад +3

      @@vostokcosomonaut5205 the sun never sets on the British empire
      Also my relation is more recent and I have family who lives there.

    • @kayreid6951
      @kayreid6951 3 года назад +6

      I am Scottish born and bred, my family name is Morrison, as far back as I can trace my family history to 1749 my family have always lived in the west coast of Scotland, I currently live in Ayr which is where Robert Burns cottage is. I am extremely proud of my heritage I have twin son's aged 22 named Robbie and Ross, Robbie is a soldier in The Royal Highland Fusiliers Scottish Army Regiment and Ross is a Sailor in the Royal Navy. This song and many others such as Flower of Scotland makes the hairs on my neck stand up whenever I hear them and reminds me just how proud I am of my Scottish heritage and in all honesty I wouldn't like to live anywhere else! It's in the blood and that's just the way it is! #SCOTLANDFOREVERMORE!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @ErroNivlac
      @ErroNivlac 3 года назад +1

      @@kayreid6951 I live in Ayr also. Alloway just up the road. Proud of Rabbie Burns and even prouder to be from Scotland.

    • @shellylynn9729
      @shellylynn9729 2 года назад

      McLanes are part of our family, the MacLeans, so hello cousin. :)

  • @harbanshurst3302
    @harbanshurst3302 3 года назад +420

    I married an Irish man 29 years ago, he use to listen to this song. Sadly my beloved husband passed away 14 months ago 😕

    • @Ava-km7tl
      @Ava-km7tl 3 года назад +23

      I’m so sorry. I believe people still watch over us even after they pass. You can feel them with you when you look up at the stars at night. Much love ❤️❤️❤️

    • @dscott1699
      @dscott1699 3 года назад +19

      I am truly sorry for your loss. My condolences to you.

    • @davidburton7213
      @davidburton7213 3 года назад +8

      So sorry for your loss but he will always be In your heart take care.

    • @andreawood1923
      @andreawood1923 3 года назад +4

      Sorry for your loss 😕🌼💕🌼

    • @chrissforza6405
      @chrissforza6405 3 года назад +7

      My condolences to a lovely, devoted wife. I understand and wish you time to heal and refresh your heart. I wonder if he is singing this now with the angels.

  • @miltoncardinallijr.6495
    @miltoncardinallijr.6495 5 месяцев назад +16

    I cried! This is so beautiful .... music is the universal language! Good music and singing is an act of God!

  • @richallenxbox1976
    @richallenxbox1976 Год назад +126

    This song literally makes me cry (in a good way), Ella has such a a gorgeous voice!

  • @c.j.molland9328
    @c.j.molland9328 2 года назад +518

    Hearing this song never fails to make me unbelievably proud to be Scottish 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @Triariusrex
    @Triariusrex 3 года назад +23

    First time in a very long time I truly cried today. My mom passed away to cancer a few years ago and my dad died of a heart attack a week ago. Being a soldier for 13 years in the infantry I learned to hide my emotions, hearing this song today though I couldn’t hold it back. I can’t wait to find my peace.

    • @liamheaney6295
      @liamheaney6295 3 года назад +1

      I hope you're ok! I'm so sorry for your losses. You do a great job! And im proud of you buddy!

    • @Laudon1228
      @Laudon1228 3 года назад

      We lost my Dad in 2013 and my Mom in 2016. Our tears honor those we’ve lost, My heart is with you.

  • @sungeunkim3962
    @sungeunkim3962 3 месяца назад +3

    Oh my god!! In the mid 70'S I entered a high school in seoul, korea. Missionary Underwood established it 1886. The tune of school song is right above. I just realize that after 50 years...scottish folks song.We sang this song with korean lyrics like hymns all through 3 years.

  • @jcjeff1112
    @jcjeff1112 Год назад +209

    I'm welsh and absolutely love this song.. One of the many reasons I love Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿.. The people, the place, the music from those amazing pipes... ❤X

    • @gregp5257
      @gregp5257 Год назад +3

      and the whiskey - the craiter - 🥃

    • @melindatovo1375
      @melindatovo1375 11 месяцев назад +9

      Agreed ❤It's a beautiful song. Grabs my heart.

    • @centerfold8
      @centerfold8 10 месяцев назад +5

      I long to return to Scotland

    • @user-or8lx1mw2t
      @user-or8lx1mw2t 10 месяцев назад +5

      Cymru am byth! Dw i'n cytuno'n llwyr.

    • @daitheo4290
      @daitheo4290 9 месяцев назад +3

      i`m irish love q tune

  • @rebeccadoherty1200
    @rebeccadoherty1200 3 года назад +462

    I love that as an irish gal born and raised in donegal I have so much in common with our celtic neighbours across the water. I do hope to visit when covid is a thing of the past

    • @Clan501-Scotland
      @Clan501-Scotland 3 года назад +15

      ❤️ You are welcome anytime Rebecca. A wee dram is waiting for you 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @Morrg
      @Morrg 3 года назад +27

      Ireland and Scotland united against England.

    • @cgh634
      @cgh634 3 года назад +2

      Build a boat with ya mates and sail? Just a suggestion😁

    • @leekenyon8705
      @leekenyon8705 3 года назад +7

      Both the Scottish and the leprechauns are of the old Celtics tribes.

    • @stephenfifield9853
      @stephenfifield9853 3 года назад +6

      I love you my sister. I am a Moore from Donegal by descent and a brave boy but these songs call me back and make me cry.

  • @themohawkedone9576
    @themohawkedone9576 3 года назад +87

    As a Scotsman. This. This hits me. Proud to be Scottish Love from Ayrshire.

    • @nclmkrr
      @nclmkrr 3 года назад +1

      I'm from Ayrshire 😁 Taking a wee drive down soon because it's much nicer than N.Lanarkshire x

    • @themohawkedone9576
      @themohawkedone9576 3 года назад

      @@nclmkrr Nice to hear fae someone fae the Shire have a Gid yin!

  • @caroltaylor7717
    @caroltaylor7717 Год назад +53

    My Mother sang this to us as children. We were fortunate. ♥️

  • @ernestinepaton3771
    @ernestinepaton3771 4 месяца назад +11

    As a South African person with Scottish heritage this song calls me 🇿🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @jmsmacnab
    @jmsmacnab 3 года назад +22

    After 62 years being away from my Scotland and longing for years to return I did in 2019. Very emotional, I visited Loch Lomond as well as many others, headed to my birth town, Lennoxtown. I was born in Lennox Castle and saddened to se it go to ruins and brought tears to my eyes, but I was home. One thing about we Scots, no mater where you land up in life, you will always tell people you are Scottish and proud. My Grandmothers middle name was MacNab, my fathers middle name was MacNab, my middle name is MacNab, my oldest sons middle name is MacNab and my Grandsons middle name is MacNab, we are proud of our Clan and proud of our Scotland.

    • @chriskyle8750
      @chriskyle8750 3 года назад +1

      McNab to your people and may you continue to use your name in the generations to come.. Up the brave men gave their lives and names for us guys
      .

    • @keithlordofalbascotland3371
      @keithlordofalbascotland3371 3 года назад

      Cheerio ten in a row 🇬🇧5️⃣5️⃣🏆

    • @thebigcheese1723
      @thebigcheese1723 2 года назад

      My last names Macnab ❤

  • @ravenmoon3451
    @ravenmoon3451 4 года назад +237

    How can anyone do a thumbs down on this beautiful song and video. So many humans lack depth. It’s a shame

    • @jimmyquinn53
      @jimmyquinn53 3 года назад +6

      any one who puts a thumb down is i dont know mad?

    • @andersonscorp
      @andersonscorp 3 года назад +4

      I couldn't type it better.

    • @christelledebeer6428
      @christelledebeer6428 3 года назад +7

      must be redcoats

    • @johnhall7522
      @johnhall7522 3 года назад +6

      Yeah like if you don't like the video or song just click off, they don't need to actually click dislike lmao some people just wake up and choose malice

    • @frankieaprile6632
      @frankieaprile6632 3 года назад +5

      Probably English men !!!

  • @yorkie19641
    @yorkie19641 Год назад +4

    im an proud English man living in wales had the privilege of being in lake lomond thank you for the experience

  • @rodmoore2252
    @rodmoore2252 Год назад +131

    My mother sang this song to me as a child.I love it so much.

    • @judyjones7969
      @judyjones7969 Год назад +8

      So did my beautiful Mother. She passed at 41 and I was 8. She would sing this when I went to bed at night along with Danny Boy. I’m from Irish heritage and we have always lived in Australia.

  • @marieb_712
    @marieb_712 3 года назад +20

    I live in Scotland for 10 years now, I am not Scottish but I love the country and it’s people they are kind hearted and lovely! This song is so beautiful as this country and its heritage is!🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @darksideXLable
    @darksideXLable 2 года назад +52

    Long live Scotland! Greetings from Poland, brothers in spirit!

  • @vinceclark8706
    @vinceclark8706 Год назад +55

    This song makes me so proud to have Scottish ancestry.

  • @rickeysample14
    @rickeysample14 2 месяца назад +3

    I'm native Cherokee here in the States. I've always loved listening to this beautiful music and sometimes wish I could visit Scotland to see where the music originated

  • @octaviahh8774
    @octaviahh8774 Год назад +41

    My great-great grandparents immigrated from Scotland to New Zealand in 1880. It's sad to realize no traditions, songs or much of anything has been passed down, except maybe the mince and mash potatoes dish haha. I hope to return to Scotland one day.

    • @cycleSCUBA
      @cycleSCUBA Год назад +3

      If you 'return', make sure that mince is from Belted Galloway beef and those tatties are Ayrshire potatoes!

    • @laurajaynenolan2149
      @laurajaynenolan2149 Год назад

      Which one? Haha x

  • @gavin7756
    @gavin7756 3 года назад +165

    I’ve never been more proud of my heritage, long live Scotland and her people 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @spazalert7594
      @spazalert7594 3 года назад +1

      😀

    • @TaliPolk
      @TaliPolk 3 года назад +1

      The Enclave??????

    • @gavin7756
      @gavin7756 3 года назад

      Tali Polk, favorite faction

    • @BamaSquirrel
      @BamaSquirrel 3 года назад

      Whiskey 🥃 and Freedom 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @gordontaylor5373
      @gordontaylor5373 3 года назад

      You'll be even prouder when we finally win the World Cup. And we WILL win it!

  • @Galactic_Waffle
    @Galactic_Waffle 2 месяца назад +4

    This song (this version too) was played for me as a lullaby when I was a baby. My mother always played Irish or Scottish music, and it also really made me proud of our Scots-Irish heritage. We sure had it rough, back in the Isles and here in the States, but I will always be proud of where I came from. There’s an old saying in my family: “Remember who you are.” Always and forever, I’ll never forget.

  • @cluesagi
    @cluesagi 9 месяцев назад +7

    I'm from Mars but this song makes me proud of my Scottish heritage 👽❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @marcelogoncalvesdocouto4080
    @marcelogoncalvesdocouto4080 3 года назад +89

    I'm brazilian of portuguese heritage, but since several british people told me I "look scottish" I decided to take a look on Scotland's culture, specially the music, and, oh God! What an astonishing people! Many blessings to this mighty nation! Alba Gu Brath! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @robbie8194
      @robbie8194 3 года назад +4

      i wonder what you look like now 😂 thanks for your kind comments, brazil is a nation i love due to having great culture and also amazing football players. sending love from a true scotsman 😉💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @0tinho
      @0tinho 2 года назад +2

      Sou do Brasil tbm man, um amigo meu da Escócia falou pra eu escutar essa música kkkkk

    • @scotoftheanarchic.7903
      @scotoftheanarchic.7903 2 года назад

      You're a celt also my friend...

  • @chocolatenoodles7917
    @chocolatenoodles7917 3 года назад +98

    Reading the comments and crying. That's how much I love Scotland and it's not even my country. 💔 I promise to set foot there before I die

    • @srehtaef1824
      @srehtaef1824 3 года назад +5

      Come to Edinburgh ❤ you'll love it

    • @stonemarten1400
      @stonemarten1400 3 года назад +1

      You'll always be welcome, just bring a waterproof!

    • @NoFaithNoPain
      @NoFaithNoPain 3 года назад +1

      Never meet your heroes

    • @ericokoro9679
      @ericokoro9679 3 года назад +1

      Me too, chocolate noodles, me too

    • @jackandbuddy2997
      @jackandbuddy2997 3 года назад +1

      Come over ..i will show u the highlands and uper lowlands.....scotland the brave🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @martinhoctor6984
    @martinhoctor6984 4 месяца назад +7

    My parents honeymooned in Scotland and my dad always loves there and would loved to have to returned there before he passed away in 2019, this song is so poignant to his love for Scotland, Superb,

  • @miss-nomer
    @miss-nomer 11 месяцев назад +8

    I was born in South Africa to Afrikaans parents and now live in USA with my husband and 2 daughters. I have always loved this song and sung it to them since they were in the womb, and our youngest daughter, against all odds, is a redhead! Ella’s rendition always brings me to tears.

  • @generalmartok5909
    @generalmartok5909 2 года назад +250

    Proud to be Scottish GOD BLESS MY NATIVE LAND, SCOTLAND THE BRAVE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @saksham-oq2er
      @saksham-oq2er 2 года назад +1

      can you help me to know the name of that black hooded cover coat that Ella is wearing, just curious.....

    • @thenewvoice8
      @thenewvoice8 2 года назад +1

      @@saksham-oq2er a cloak?

    • @levicampbell3675
      @levicampbell3675 2 года назад

      Aye pal, we r brave

    • @fionaschneider9986
      @fionaschneider9986 2 года назад +1

      Ecosse Forever!

    • @paulepanzer4498
      @paulepanzer4498 2 года назад +2

      Albaaaaaa gu brath. Heartily greetings from Germany
      Next year I'll visit my beloved Bonnie SCOTLAND again ❤❤❤

  • @TheBranchez
    @TheBranchez 2 года назад +80

    You Scots really have something to be proud of. Much love and respect from Serbia.

    • @fernkerr6276
      @fernkerr6276 2 года назад +3

      Thank you I am 9 and I am proud to be Scottish

  • @Hilversumborn
    @Hilversumborn 8 месяцев назад +5

    I’m listening this on my final day of an unforgettable holiday in Scotland.
    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @tarakupatel
    @tarakupatel Год назад +30

    I am of Indian descent who grew up in the USA. I love this song! It's very peaceful and romantic. Love to all the Scots!

    • @vrajpatel1310
      @vrajpatel1310 Год назад +1

      Kem chho???😀

    • @L1AML0V3SDRUMS
      @L1AML0V3SDRUMS Год назад

      Hope you visit someday!

    • @tarakupatel
      @tarakupatel 9 месяцев назад

      Hello and thank you. I have visited this beautiful country in 2021. I spent a week in Edinburgh and ventured around the beautiful landscape. I have become a "wee bit of a Scot" whilst visiting. 🙂 I would love to see the remainder. Perhaps next time on a golf outing.@@L1AML0V3SDRUMS

    • @tarakupatel
      @tarakupatel 9 месяцев назад

      Majama! @@vrajpatel1310

  • @ericseegers354
    @ericseegers354 2 года назад +242

    My Scottish mother just passed away recently & thank you to Ella for such a beautiful version of this song I just stumbled across when looking for versions while arranging the funeral. This song will close the funeral as we say our final farewell to my dear Mum. I know she’s got to have a hand in this as she loved to sing as well. Thank you so much. 😭💔

    • @minstrelofMir
      @minstrelofMir 2 года назад +5

      i recorded my son in law singing tears in heaven (eric clapton) and when he died of a heart attack,age39 and totally shocked us all,(my age10 granddaughter found him)his parents played him singing it at his funeral,,hundreds of people and if someone didant cry id give them my house as a bet,,it broke everyone.thats what a song can do at a funeral

    • @2ndarmoredhellonwheels106
      @2ndarmoredhellonwheels106 2 года назад +10

      I live in the u.s but my mom was Scottish,. Mom would speak with the typical American way of speaking but when she got mad her Scottish accent would come out. And if we heard her start speaking Gaelic with a raised voice we knew it was time to run cause someone fixing to get a butt tanning lol.

    • @DC-uo5hy
      @DC-uo5hy 2 года назад +2

      It will play at my funeral along with Amazing grace on the pipes.
      Friendliest people in the world.

    • @patriciajrs46
      @patriciajrs46 2 года назад

      Bless you and your family. May the winds carry sweet melodies to the hearts of all for your love.

    • @patriciajrs46
      @patriciajrs46 2 года назад

      @@minstrelofMir Yes, it can.

  • @Nanabanana464
    @Nanabanana464 5 лет назад +359

    What a memory! I remember singing this song almost 50 years ago walking the beach on an icy cold winter day trying to soothe my sad heart.

    • @snow11wolf
      @snow11wolf 5 лет назад +23

      Aye, lass. Hope your heart has found contentment!

    • @paulflaks8826
      @paulflaks8826 5 лет назад +9

      Luana Tomaine hope it helped

    • @loopop7299
      @loopop7299 5 лет назад +9

      50 years ago...? You don’t even look 50!!

    • @poppygirl...
      @poppygirl... 5 лет назад +5

      @@loopop7299 I was going to say the same thing! She looks very young indeed.

    • @deltanovember1672
      @deltanovember1672 4 года назад +4

      Luana Tomaine I hope ye found peace dear.

  • @MrEaster619
    @MrEaster619 Год назад +4

    I'm English, My partner is Scottish. And I couldn't be happier. Scotland will always have a place in my heart.

  • @Omniclan666
    @Omniclan666 Год назад +42

    The beauty of her voice gives off a warmth that makes me feel at ease and protected like I can finally lay down my sword and shield

  • @tessamcleaund9071
    @tessamcleaund9071 2 года назад +292

    My husband's favorite song played this at the lowering of his casket. With Scottish pipers and drummers playing after amazing grace. He was buried at a national cemetery for a Vietnam vet. With our nephew who died in Afghanistan in 2010 by an ied.

    • @sherp2u1
      @sherp2u1 2 года назад +15

      Salute Ma'am....RIP Heroes ++++

    • @callieeubanks7824
      @callieeubanks7824 2 года назад +11

      Wow ❤️ that is increadible. I’m so thankful for their service. My heart is with you.

    • @jeffreyledford8829
      @jeffreyledford8829 2 года назад +6

      Lord, love you and thank you for sharing.

    • @lindaallen2989
      @lindaallen2989 2 года назад +8

      RIP. Bless you and your husband. Ye will surely meet again.

    • @paulanegrete7394
      @paulanegrete7394 2 года назад +3

      I'm very sorry for your losses... beatiful song. Hughs from México. Always love this amazing music

  • @danielalexander35.89
    @danielalexander35.89 Год назад +9

    As an Englishmen living in Scotland for 24 years I'm more Scottish than English beautiful country and beautiful people love the bagpipes and the Celtic history

  • @tills8966
    @tills8966 8 месяцев назад +5

    I am sat looking out to the seas, watching birds dive for their breakfast while I eat mine in my little camper on a solo trip around Scotland, you’ve brought me to tears at how beautiful this life is, how inspiring this place is, how special this time in my life is, thank you 💙🤍

  • @BenFleury
    @BenFleury 4 года назад +115

    The first time I heard this version of Loch Lomond I started to cry tears of sadness which I rarely do.
    I’m English but My great great grandpa was Scottish and my grandpa was proud of his Scottish background which he passed on to me.
    Hearing this made me realise how much I miss my grandpa who I lost when I was 9 in 2003.
    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️

    • @a.s.726
      @a.s.726 4 года назад +3

      Im German and I have Tears in my eyes...

    • @chrisdarcyxx8747
      @chrisdarcyxx8747 4 года назад +3

      I'm English but have a very negligible amount of Celtic blood from some great-great-grandfather somewhere. This song feels like it wakes up that tiny percentage of me.

    • @susanlittlejohn8054
      @susanlittlejohn8054 4 года назад +2

      blood is thicker than water its n your veins and heart

    • @aragornthebrave
      @aragornthebrave 4 года назад +1

      @@chrisdarcyxx8747 The vast majority of English people have Celtic blood because the Anglo-Saxon invaders interbred. Event Kent used to be a Celtic kingdom.

    • @jessicacoble4093
      @jessicacoble4093 4 года назад

      My husband's family was from Scotland

  • @iandotson2390
    @iandotson2390 Год назад +87

    I am so proud of my Scottish heritage. My grandfather used to sing this song. Unfortunately, he is no longer with us but Scotland lives on. I especially love the bagpipes at the three minute mark. It just fills my soul with such happiness.

  • @carolinacastrocordero1710
    @carolinacastrocordero1710 6 месяцев назад +2

    The most beautiful version of one the most traditional Scotti's songs!! i was in Scottland a few years ago.... I got in love ... No just with the amazing Scott man, But, I'm in love with culture, the people, the place.... OMG I won't change Scottland for London!!! Like ever....

  • @argdansk
    @argdansk Месяц назад +1

    The first Scottish song I ever heard as a little lad - and I swore then that I one day would stand on the banks of Loch Lomond.
    And I DID IT - in 1997, just before entering my national service, I visited Scotland - and sang the song on the beach of Loch Lomond. I am NO great singer, but neithe man, beast nor vegetation were harm.

  • @demonrobertketchie5409
    @demonrobertketchie5409 3 года назад +60

    McGregor clan here. Brings a tear to me eye hearing the stories sung from days past.

    • @ng3057
      @ng3057 2 года назад +3

      Hello from the Campbell clan ! X

    • @deborahroberts7674
      @deborahroberts7674 2 года назад +1

      Another proud McGregor descendant from my grandmother I believe we we septet to the Campbell Clan.

    • @Doxymeister
      @Doxymeister 2 года назад +1

      And hello from Clan McNair, in southern Oklahoma in the US!

    • @rainbowgirlism
      @rainbowgirlism 2 года назад +1

      Our clan was McGlashen ..not my last name though. It was apparently very s,mall.

    • @fungdark8270
      @fungdark8270 2 года назад +2

      Clan Stewart, hello from Texas

  • @otiebrown9999
    @otiebrown9999 3 года назад +36

    The Story of this Song:
    After leaving her in happiness and in love at Loch Lomond, he was captured by the King's Men, in battle, during the attemped Rebellion, in 1745.
    This song came from the farewell letter that he wrote to his True Love, before his execution - telling her that he would meet her again - on the, "Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond".
    The, "Low Road"?
    Returning to his Home, Scotland, and his True Love, in his Death.
    The High Road?
    His True Love - lives!
    Broken Hearted.
    My great, great, grand parents, came from Scottland, to Ireland, and then to the USA.
    Aye .... Scotland the Brave !
    A beautiful done video story!

    • @chiefredwater1965
      @chiefredwater1965 2 года назад +2

      Very Interesting! My Grandmother on my Mother's side was a Frazier...... and her parents came from Scotland ( Not sure when and if through Ireland. ). I love these areas, GB etc. LOVE the music......My Parents played the Irish/Scottish music all the time when we all grew up. My Grandparents on my Father's side both came from Ireland. Greetings from NY.

    • @fajruza1108
      @fajruza1108 Год назад +1

      🌹🙋‍♀️🌹🌹 Hi! Да Шотландия сильная,но до сих пор в рабстве Королей-Рептилоидов,которые на слезах,поте и крови многих народов строили своё королевство...На подлости,наглости,предательстве,насилии,педофилии,в приношении в жертву младенцев,поедая их плоть и выпивая их кровь всю до последней капли...

  • @Kayla1992
    @Kayla1992 Год назад +12

    I recently discovered that I'm 18% Scottish. I'm now trying to find out as much as I can so I can dive into the different cultures and songs and such of my dna. Love this. It's beautiful.

    • @stonemarten1400
      @stonemarten1400 7 месяцев назад

      You should try to find out about your Scottish ancestry and you might even have a clan tartan you could wear with pride.

  • @Jean-tj2uz
    @Jean-tj2uz 8 месяцев назад +10

    This song gives me goosebumps!!! Proud to be of Scottish heritage ❤❤❤❤!!!!! Such a true love song 😢!❤❤❤❤

  • @saramauritsson1814
    @saramauritsson1814 4 года назад +226

    This song overwhelms me with a sense of pride for my Scottish heritage, but then I remembered that I'm not Scottish, in fact I'm swedish, but pride I still feel, perhaps for the ability of beauty this shows humankind to be capable of

    • @bakedutah8411
      @bakedutah8411 4 года назад +22

      sara mauritsson, you’re a fellow northerner, which makes you a cousin. We have more than a few things in common, we Celtic and Nordic types. A love of days bright but cold; but also we are at home with dark winters, when the wind drives the rain and makes our homes that much more cozy and warm. “Between the mountains and the sea”, wrote Tolkien who often talked, with his friend C.S. Lewis, of their shares love of “northernness “. That’s us, that is! 😉

    • @johnjgraham1318
      @johnjgraham1318 4 года назад +4

      Aye hen

    • @denisl2760
      @denisl2760 4 года назад +6

      I'm Russian and I feel the same way. Love the Celtic and Nordic cultures.

    • @ryandean7200
      @ryandean7200 4 года назад +3

      Live this song ,. I'm swedish/ Irish living in the good ol USA. Grandmother was Irish grandfather swedish.

    • @user-ky6vw5up9m
      @user-ky6vw5up9m 4 года назад +5

      Don’t forget that the Vikings settled in Scotland and Ireland. (They created Dublin)

  • @sisigreenie1585
    @sisigreenie1585 3 года назад +84

    I’m 14 and this is literally the best thing I’ve heard

    • @Snarge22
      @Snarge22 2 года назад +4

      I find there is something of a deep resonance with this Celtic/Scottish/Irish music that warms my soul deeply. Maybe it's that it hasn't been influenced by outside musical cultures. So while this music can be very old, I actually find it refreshing and soul stirring.

    • @ralfprotte3507
      @ralfprotte3507 2 года назад

      Great. Thats all i,ve to say.im prood that im allowed to crie.

  • @anacarpenter9254
    @anacarpenter9254 4 месяца назад +3

    Living in New Zealand 🇳🇿 this version of the Good the Bad and the Ugly the musical score is especially.The woman vocalist is a surprise. Very very nice sounds.❤❤😊

  • @andykeri8370
    @andykeri8370 Год назад +4

    As a Hungarian ,Scottish in my heart , does bring tears to my eyes ,as I am living with my true love Bernadette in Australia.

  • @DarkwaveDave
    @DarkwaveDave Год назад +30

    A lament and a reminder that those who have passed on in our lives are still with us. We’re just on different roads. God bless you all from Scotland. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @CRuf-qw4yv
      @CRuf-qw4yv Год назад

      And it is one of the places I promised to visit before I finish my journey here on Earth. My late mother, of scotch Irish heritage always told me she wanted to go there but she never got the opportunity. I have been to, and worked in Ireland, multiple times and I love it...but the pipes keep calling me back to my Scottish home. I would gladly trade my life's fortune here in the U.S. for any in Scotland, Ireland, and even the English UK. I just hope the people of those countries know the importance of what they bring to history and clean culture to living people and preserve its integrity and identity.