Glencoe

Glencoe - Ensemble

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 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 o' our meat

And slept in the house o' MacDonald

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 from fort william with murder mind

The campbell had orders

King william had signed

Pit all tae the sword

These words underlined

And leave none alive called macdonald

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

This band of argyles

Through snow soft and deep

Like murdering foxes

Among helpless sheep

They slaughtered the house o' MacDonald

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

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 him

What struck the first blow

But gone was the house of macdonald

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

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