Hello Davey,
I agree it is a grand tradition!
Everyone should be taken home
to their beloved homeland to rest in peace.
My Uncle may well be resting in the
country of his birth; we just can not find
the place. My parents and grandparents are long gone
and I have no other way to find out. This reminds me of the
song:
By yon bonnie banks,
And by yon bonnie braes,
Where the sun shines bright on Loch Lomond,
Where me and my true love
Were ever want to gae,
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.
Oh! ye'll take the high road and
I'll take the low road,
And I'll be in Scotland afore ye;
But me and my true love
Will never meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.
'Twas then that we parted
In yon shady glen,
On the steep, steep side of Ben Lomond,
Where in purple hue
The Highland hills we view,
And the moon coming out in the gloaming.
Oh! ye'll take the high road and
I'll take the low road,
And I'll be in Scotland afore ye;
But me and my true love
Will never meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.
The wee birdie sang
And the wild flowers spring,
And in sunshine the waters are sleeping,
But the broken heart it kens
Nae second Spring again,
Tho' the waeful may cease frae their greeting.
Oh! ye'll take the high road and
I'll take the low road,
And I'll be in Scotland afore ye;
But me and my true love
Will never meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.
Last edited by Doc Vernon; 22nd October 2009 at 10:39 AM.
...if I don't make haste, I shall have to go back through the looking-glass...back into the old room-and there'd be an end of all my adventures! ...
Sending my happy thoughts through the looking-glass.
♡ ƙarola
My uncle's information:
R109897 ROBIN, Arthur John
born 20 - Mar - 1915 Glasgow, Scotland
died 25 - Apr - 1953 at Seaman's Hospital Greenwich, Kent
