The Bloody Sarks
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G The young McGregor o Glen Strae wiEm eighty o his menG D Upon the Argyll's sleekit wordG pit Finla's glen a flameD G The burning thieving hieland rantEm drove a the beasts awaG And left ahint twa dirkit men toD G perish in the snaw [Verse 2]G By Fallisdall the letter come fraeEm black Dumbarton toonG To show the way they were to gae toD G bring McGregor doonD G The bloody sarks o butchered menEm tae Jamie's court maun gaeG D The widow women for to show andG tell of the afray [Verse 3]G Colquhoun o Luss could thole naeEm mair wi trampelled savaged prideG D Buchanan levies mounted up to tanG McGregor hideD G From Leven's vale, Dumbarton toon,Em and all these lowland partsG The burgesses and fairmers came wiD G vengeance in their heartsContinúa después del anuncio[Verse 4]G The Campbell and the Cameron,Em MacDonald o GlencoeG Ranked alang wi Gregorach andD G marched o'er the snowD G Far o'er the loch frae Arklet glenEm and doon the pass ParlaneG By Loch Long whose shores are heldD G by the thieves o MacFarlane [Verse 5]G Colquhoun wi his windy lowland mobEm lined o'er the Fruin glenG Five hundred foot, arrayed aboot,D G three hundred mounted menD G Yon godless hoard o Gregorach andEm others o their kindG Will creep nae mair frae theirD thievin lair wi murdering in theirG minds [Verse 6]G Aye whether be it for some stirksEm or just a ween o blacksG They’re ay'ways quick their dirksD G to stick in ain anither's backsD G For honest men and guid Scots lawEm we'll tramp the vermin ootG Just steady bide God's on our sideD G o that there is nae doubt [Verse 7]G Then like a torrent frae the glenEm McGregor's scarlet chargeG The sassenach could ne'er withstandD G the claymore and the targeD G And all around the hellish screamsEm o torn and dying menG Their precious blood seeped in theD G mud and drained in Fruin Glen [Verse 8]G And every beast was lead awa, a fullEm twa thoosand heidG And the sairest price the victorsD G paid was twa McGregors deadD G But bide ye yet the victor's feastEm the worst still to showG For the king proclaimed theD G Gregorach henceforth to be outlawEm Aye the bold McGregor and his clanD G were a declared outlaw