The Bloody Sarks

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