The Massacre Of Glencoe - The Corries

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

They came through the blizzard, we offered them heat

A roof ower their heads, dry shoes for their feet

We wined them and dined them, they ate o' our meat

And slept in the house O' MacDonald

They came from Fort William with murder mind

The Campbell had orders, King William had signed

Pit all tae the sword, these words underlined

And leave none alive called MacDonald

They came in the night when the men were asleep

That band of Argyles, through snow soft and deep

Like murdering foxes, among helpless sheep

They slaughtered the house o' MacDonald

Some died in their beds at the hands of the foe

Some fled in the night, were lost in the snow

Some lived to accuse him, what struck the first blow

But gone was the house of MacDonald