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Thread #26262 Message #314844
Posted By: TamthebamfraeScotland
09-Oct-00 - 03:07 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Weep Ye Well by Atholl (from The Corries)
Subject: Lyr Add: WEEP YE WELL BY ATHOLL ^^
The song is called WEEP YE WELL BY ATHOLL. It was written by George Weir and music by Roy Williamson
1. Oh weep ye weel my dear by Atholl weep for oor finest jewel weep for oor John wha battled by the Garry's deepest pool by the heights of Killiecrankie by the tears of morning dew lay the broadsowrds of Kilarnie wi the tartan and the blue
2. Lang we lay amang the heather gently sped the mist away panting like the hounds of summer waiting for the deer tae slay by the drums of brave Dunbarton rose the Eagle wild and free by the pibroch of Dundonald rose the bonnets of Dundee
3. Like a torrent doon the mountain swept the avalanche of steel rose the wild cry of MacDonald flashed the claymore of Locheil by the red leaves of the summer whirling by the Garry's pool came the whirlwind o'er the heather roaring like the flood at Yule
4. Doon the pass the leaves are swirling doon the glen noo in the gloom where the redcoats noo are burling in the Garry's bloody pool