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Folkie Frank Lyr Req: Donald Macdonald (The McCalmans) (4) Lyr Req: Donald MacDonald by The McCalmans 28 Nov 17


I'm wanting to chord tab the song Donald McDonald as recorded by The McCalmans on their 1980 album The Ettrick Shepherd, presumably composed by James Hogg about a couple of centuries ago.

I managed to track down a couple of verses and their choruses, but I'm still missing 3 verses and their respective choruses. These are what I need help with please. I'm afraid the Scots brogue escapes my ear.

This is the recording by The McCalmans:
Donald MacDonald

The tempo is very fast, making it difficult to hear the lyrics. However, I managed to slow down the tempo without changing the pitch, of which I have a copy. If you would like a copy of the slowed down mp3, please let me know how I can get it to you.

These are the lyrics I managed to find:

My name is Donald MacDonald
I leeve in the Highlands so grand
I ha'e followed our banner, and will do
Wherever my master has land
When rankit amang the blue bonnets
Nae danger can lear me ava
I ken that my brethren around me
Are either to conquer or fa'

Brogues an' brochin an' a'
Brochin an' brogues an' a'
An' is nae her very weel aff
Wi' her brogues an' brochin an' a'?

[Verse and Chorus missing here]

[Verse and Chorus missing here]

Wad Bonaparte land at Forty William
Auld Europe nae langer should grane
I laugh when I think how we'd gall him
Wi' bullet, wi' steel an' wi' stane
Wi' rocks o' the Nevis and Garney
We'd rattle him off frae our shore
Or lull him asleep in a cairny
An' sing him, "Lochaber no more!"

Stanes an' bullets an' a'
Bullets an' stanes an' a'
We'll finish the Corsican callant
Wi' stanes an' bullets an' a'

[Verse and Chorus missing here]

My thanks to any who can help.


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