"The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond" is a traditional Scottish folk song. Its origins are thought to date to the Jacobite rising of 1745.
Loch Lomond by Runrig
View of Loch Lomond, December 2005
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Charles Edward Louis John Sylvester Maria Casimir Stuart was the elder son of James Francis Edward Stuart, making him the grandson of James VII and II, and the Stuart claimant to the thrones of Englan
The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond
…frae their grieving. (Chorus) The song has often been dated to 1746, and it has long been associated with the Jacobite rebellion. In December 1745, Bonnie Prince Charlie retreated to Scotland, and the lyrics have been interpreted as a lament of the march. One of the soldiers rues his sacrifice for the king. In Celtic…
Portrait by Allan Ramsay, 1745
Charles painted as a five year old in 1725 by the court painter Antonio David
Portrait by William Mosman, painted circa 1737
Charles, painted in 1742, by the French court painter Louis Tocqué