Tom: G
G Em
The young McGregor o Glen Strae wi eighty o his men
G D G
Upon the Argyll's sleekit word pit Finla's glen a flame
D G Em
The burning thieving hieland rant drove a the beasts awa
G D G
And left ahint twa dirkit men to perish in the snaw
[Verse 2]
G Em
By Fallisdall the letter come frae black Dumbarton toon
G D G
To show the way they were to gae to bring McGregor doon
D G Em
The bloody sarks o butchered men tae Jamie's court maun gae
G D G
The widow women for to show and tell of the afray
[Verse 3]
G Em
Colquhoun o Luss could thole nae mair wi trampelled savaged pride
G D G
Buchanan levies mounted up to tan McGregor hide
D G Em
From Leven's vale, Dumbarton toon, and all these lowland parts
G D G
The burgesses and fairmers came wi vengeance in their hearts
[Verse 4]
G Em
The Campbell and the Cameron, MacDonald o Glencoe
G D G
Ranked alang wi Gregorach and marched o'er the snow
D G Em
Far o'er the loch frae Arklet glen and doon the pass Parlane
G D G
By Loch Long whose shores are held by the thieves o MacFarlane
[Verse 5]
G Em
Colquhoun wi his windy lowland mob lined o'er the Fruin glen
G D G
Five hundred foot, arrayed aboot, three hundred mounted men
D G Em
Yon godless hoard o Gregorach and others o their kind
G D G
Will creep nae mair frae their thievin lair wi murdering in their minds
[Verse 6]
G Em
Aye whether be it for some stirks or just a ween o blacks
G D G
They’re ay'ways quick their dirks to stick in ain anither's backs
D G Em
For honest men and guid Scots law we'll tramp the vermin oot
G D G
Just steady bide God's on our side o that there is nae doubt
[Verse 7]
G Em
Then like a torrent frae the glen McGregor's scarlet charge
G D G
The sassenach could ne'er withstand the claymore and the targe
D G Em
And all around the hellish screams o torn and dying men
G D G
Their precious blood seeped in the mud and drained in Fruin Glen
[Verse 8]
G Em
And every beast was lead awa, a full twa thoosand heid
G D G
And the sairest price the victors paid was twa McGregors dead
D G Em
But bide ye yet the victor's feast the worst still to show
G D G
For the king proclaimed the Gregorach henceforth to be outlaw
Em D G
Aye the bold McGregor and his clan were a declared outlaw
