The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #44678   Message #657774
Posted By: bill\sables
25-Feb-02 - 05:26 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Cold is the snow that lay in Glencoe
Subject: Lyr Add: THE GLENCOE MASSACRE
Glen Coe Masacre ^^^

Cruel is the snow that sweeps Glen Coe
And covers the graves of Clan Donald
And cruel was the foe that raped Glen Coe
And murdered the house of McDonald

They came in a storm we offered them heat
A roof for their heads, dry shoes for their feet
We wined them, we dined them they ate of our meat
Then murdered the house of McDonald

They came from Fort William with murder in mind
The Campbells had orders King William had signed
Put all to the sword, these words underlined
And leave none alive called McDonald

They came in the night when our men were asleep
That band of Argyles through snow soft and deep
Like murdering foxes among helpless sheep
They slaughtered the house of McDonald

Some died in their beds at the hand of the foe
Some fled in the night and were lost in the snow
Some lived to accuse him who struck the first blow
But gone was the house of McDonald