The Bloody Sarks
Corries
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(início)
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
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