Lyr Req: MacIain Of Glencoe

Subject: MacIain Of Glencoe
From:
Date: 17 Mar 00 - 11:23 PM

I recently heard a beautiful Scottish Ballad named "MacIain of Glencoe" on the album, From The Highlands and the Lowlands, played by The Gaelforce Orchestra. We have a Scottish Evening next Saturday and I would love to have the lyrics for one of our group to sing. Could you give any help?

Monty McLaurin

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MacIain Of Glencoe
From: Sorcha
Date: 22 Mar 00 - 02:51 PM

OK, this is driving me nuts! Gaelforce Orchestra did it under this title, and Moira Kerr also, available on CD here,, but I can't find any lyrics anywhere. Could it also be the Ballad of Glencoe? MacIain is not mentioned by name, but the MacDonald's are, and MacIain was the Clan Chief at the time of the massacre.

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MacIain Of Glencoe
From: Lin in Kansas
Date: 22 Mar 00 - 06:30 PM

Monty--is this the song Rape of Glencoe? I have that one on a Barley Bree tape and can post lyrics if you want. The song I know has a beautiful melody. The chorus is:

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.

I remember being struck, the first time I heard it, by the contrast between the story and the lovely music.

Lin

Subject: Lyr Add: MACIAIN OF GLENCOE
From: masato sakurai
Date: 19 Jan 03 - 08:35 AM

MACIAIN OF GLENCOE (From THIS PAGE)

Yet still my lonely spirit soars ..... I am MacIain

The royal stag stands proudly on the hill
Falling prey to man his mortal foe
Some men no nought of dignity or pride
And strike with no respect their deadly blow

Yet still my lonely spirit soars
Amid the mountains and the glen
From my ancestral burial ground
I am MacIain
The name MacDonald echoes still
Within the hearts of highland men
My restless soul will never sleep
I am MacIain

The east is flanked by Buachaile Etive Mhor
At south, the highest, Bidian is here
Of treachery no warning will they give
But from Signal Rock betrayal sounded clear

Yet still my lonely spirit soars
Amid the mountains and the glen
From my ancestral burial ground
I am MacIain
The name MacDonald echoes still
Within the hearts of highland men
My restless soul will never sleep
I am MacIain

Yet still my lonely spirit soars
Amid the mountains and the glen
From my ancestral burial ground
I am MacIain
The name MacDonald echoes still
Within the hearts of highland men
My restless soul will never sleep
I am MacIain
My restless soul will never sleep
.... I am MacIain
.... I am MacIain

~Masato

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MacIain Of Glencoe
From: GUEST,Paula
Date: 14 Nov 03 - 09:18 PM

Do you know the name of the female vocalist who recorded this song? I heard it on the radio and it was so beautiful

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: MacIain Of Glencoe
From: Jim McLean
Date: 15 Nov 03 - 04:14 AM

Lin of Kansas, I wrote The Rape of Glencoe, also called The Ballad of Glencoe, The Massacre of Glencoe and just plain Glencoe in 1963! MacIain of Glencoe is different and I think it was written by Moira Kerr.
Jim McLean