Whither away, my bonnie, bonnie May So late and so far in the gloamin' The mist gathers grey o'er muirland and brae Oh! whither alane art thou roamin'
I trysted my ain love the night in the broom My Ranald wha loves me sae dearly For the morrow he marches for Edinburgh toon To fecht for the King and Prince Chairlie
Yet, why weep you sae, my bonnie, bonnie May Your true love from battle returning His darling will claim at the height o' his fame And change into gladness her mourning
Oh! weel may I weep - yestreen in my sleep We stood bride and bridegroom thegither But his lips and his breath were as chilly as death And his heart's bluid was red on the heather
Oh, dauntless in battle as tender in love He'd yield ne'er a foot to the foeman And never again frae the field o' the slain To Moira he'll come and Loch Lomond
He'll tak' the high road and I'll tak' the low And I'll be in Heaven afore him For my bed is prepared in yon mossy graveyard 'Mang the hazels o' green Inverarnan
The thistle shall bloom, and the King hae his ain And fond lovers meet in the gloamin' But I and my true love shall never meet again By the bonnie bonnie banks of Loch Lomond