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They came in the night |
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When the men were asleep |
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This band O' Argyles |
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Through snow soft and deep |
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Like murdering foxes |
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Among helpless sheep |
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They slaughtered the house of |
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MacDonald |
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O Cruel is the snow |
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That sweeps Glencoe |
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And covers the grave O Donald |
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And cruel was the foe |
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That raped Glencoe |
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And murderd the house of |
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MacDonald |
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They came in a blizzard |
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We offered them heat |
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A roof o'er their heads |
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Dry shoes for their feet |
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We wined them and dined them |
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They ate of our meat |
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And they slept in the house of |
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MacDonald |
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O Cruel is the snow |
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That sweeps Glencoe |
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And covers the grave O Donald |
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And cruel was the foe |
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That raped Glencoe |
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And murderd the house of |
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MacDonald |
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They came from Fort William |
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Wi' murder in mind |
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The Campbells had orders |
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King William had signed |
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Put all to the sword |
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These words were underlined |
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And leave none alive called |
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MacDonald |
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Some died in their beds |
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At the hand of the foe |
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Some fled in the night |
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And were lost in the snow |
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Some lived to accuse him |
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That struck the first blow |
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But gone was the house of |
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MacDonald |
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O Cruel is the snow |
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That sweeps Glencoe |
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And covers the grave O Donald |
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And cruel was the foe |
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That raped Glencoe |
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And murderd the house of |
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MacDonald |