Massacre Of Glencoe

Album: Scottish Destiny (1963)
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  • (Chorus)
    O Cruel is the snow
    That sweeps Glencoe
    And covers the grave O Donald
    And cruel was the foe
    That raped Glencoe
    And murdered the house of
    MacDonald

    They came in a blizzard
    We offered them heat
    A roof o'er their heads
    Dry shoes for their feet
    We wined them and dined them
    They ate of our meat
    And they slept in the house of
    MacDonald

    (Chorus)

    They came from Fort William
    Wi' murder in mind
    The Campbells had orders
    King William had signed
    Put all to the sword
    These words were underlined
    And leave none alive called
    MacDonald

    (Chorus)

    They came in the night
    When the men were asleep
    This band O' Argyles
    Through snow soft and deep
    Like murdering foxes
    Among helpless sheep
    They slaughtered the house of
    MacDonald

    (Chorus)

    Some died in their beds
    At the hand of the foe
    Some fled in the night
    And were lost in the snow
    Some lived to accuse him
    That struck the first blow
    But gone was the house of
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