The Massacre Of Glencoe Lyrics - John Mcdermott

(chorus) 

O cruel is the snow 

That sweeps glencoe 

And covers the grave o donald 

And cruel was the foe 

That raped glencoe 

And murderd the house of 

Macdonald 

They came in a blizzard 

We offered them heat 

A roof o'er their heads 

Dry shoes for their feet 

We wined them and dined them 

They ate of our meat 

And they slept in the house of 

Macdonald 

(chorus) 

They came from fort william 

Wi' murder in mind 

The campbells had orders 

King william had signed 

Put all to the sword 

These words were underlined 

And leave none alive called 

Macdonald 

(chorus) 

They came in the night 

When the men were asleep 

This band o' argyles 

Through snow soft and deep 

Like murdering foxes 

Among helpless sheep 

They slaughtered the house of 

Macdonald 

(chorus) 

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 

That struck the first blow 

But gone was the house of 

Macdonald 

by Jim McLean, not John Mcdermott