THE HIGH & THE LOW ROAD
ORTGIX AXD REAL MEANING
Few are the community sings in some towns that do not include in their programme the old song "The Bonnie, Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond." But how many admirers of that song know the origin of it and the real meaning of the "Low Road" and the "High Road?" Probably very few. A Scottish authority passes on the information that the "Low Road" is one of the fairy beliefs of Scotsmen's ancestors. When a man dies outside his own country his spirit returns to his birthplace, travelling underground by the l'airj' way. That fs the "Low Road." The famous song was written in 1745 when' Prince Charlie's men were Hocking back to England. Many wounded Scots, were taken prisoner and thrown into gaol at. Carlisle. Here the song was written by a prisoner who was to be executed at the .same time as another Scottish soldier was to be .set free. This meant each would set out for home at the same hour t according to their beliefs. One would tramp the long miles from Carlisle across the border. The spirit of the other would travel more swiftly—by the ''Low Road."
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 78, 5 June 1945, Page 2
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