The Massacre of Glencoe

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
 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
 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 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
 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
 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