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Thread #48168   Message #1123059
Posted By: Jack Lewin
24-Feb-04 - 08:43 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Bonfire (Kevin Gilfoy)
Subject: Lyr Add: CLAYMORE (Kevin Gilfoy)
been away for a while and I thought I'd throw this one in

CLAYMORE

(kevin gilfoy)

chorus
So I'll walk through the highlands with claymore in hand
Through all the old trails lined with heather
For when I come back down, for the new world I am bound
And my highlands are gone from me forever

Look yon lies the grave of young Cameron the brave
As lads we would work the fields together
He was young and strong and tall, but at Culloden he would fall
Taken down by muskett ball and dragoon saber.

chorus

From here I see the glen where the Falkirk fight began
Where Cumberland's men met Charlie's army
Where the clansmen took the field, held their ground, refused to yeild
To the sound of pipes and drums
They marched in glory

chorus

And there stands the tree where my father gave to me
This stout, broad sword of which I carry
He said "hold it like a man, use if for the love of clan
and it will serve you as well as it once served me."

chorus

So I'll lay my claymore down on this hallowed highland ground
By the cairn where we told our ancient stories
For no weapons can be see when we board the Aberdeen
So my claymore must stay here with my memories.

chorus