Loch Lomond [Scottish folk song] (1941)

-History:
Loch Lomond is a Scottish folk song. Allthough not the same, the first poem wich was written by Andrew Lang called "The Bonnie Banks o' Loch Lomond", was the main inspiration for this song. Loch Lomond refers to the biggest lake in Scotland. Loch meaning "lake" in Scottish Gealic. The word "Bonnie" could be translated to "Beautiful".
The song started as a poem but became rapidly a very popular song when it was turned into one. The first poem written by Andrew Lang was made in the late 19th century. There also is a Irish varient of this song called "Red Is the Rose".
This version of the song was sang by the Polish Army choir, wich is interesting given it was sang and made in the UK during ww2.

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-The record:
Loch Lomond / His Master's Voice
J. Kołaczkowski / B.D.952
Performed by: Polish army choir

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[lucario]

The song lyrics are older than Andrew Lang version. He was the first to give it the Title: Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond 1746, but there is written record of the song lyrics existing since 1841 and it was associated with the Jacobites no source has been able to give the exact author.

From wikipedia:

Historian Murray G. H. Pittock writes that the song "is a Jacobite adaptation of an eighteenth-century erotic song, with the lover dying for his king, and taking only the 'low road' of death back to Scotland. It is one of many poems and songs that emerged from Jacobite political culture in Scotland".

[VuurVos]

Are there Scottish folk songs sung in Scottish?