The Massacre of Glencoe
Written by Jim Mclean
Duart Music Publishers, (1963)
Oh 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 o' MacDonald
They came in the night when the men were asleep
That band of Argyles, through snow soft and deep.
Like murdering foxes, among helpless sheep
They slaughtered the house o' MacDonald
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They came through
the blizzard, we offered them heat
A roof ower
their heads, dry shoes for their feet.
We wined
them and dined them, they ate of our meat
And slept
m the house O' MacDonald
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They came from Fort William with
murder mind
The Campbell's had orders, King William
had signed
Put all to the sword, these words underlined
And leave none alive called MacDonald
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Some died in their beds at the hands of the foe
Some fled in the night, and were lost in the snow.
Some lived to accuse hlm, that struck the first blow
But gone was the house of MacDonald
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