verse 1 They came in the night When the men were asleep This band O' Argyles Through snow soft and deep Like murdering foxes A-mong helpless sheep They slaughtered the house of Mac-Donald O Cruel is the snow That sweeps Glen-coe And covers the grave O Donald And cruel was the foe That raped Glen-coe And murdered the house of Mac-Donald verse 2 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 Mac-Donald O Cruel is the snow That sweeps Glen-coe And covers the grave O Donald And cruel was the foe That raped Glen-coe And murdered the house of Mac-Donald verse 3 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 a-live called Mac-Donald verse 4 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 ac-cuse him That struck the first blow But gone was the house of Mac-Donald O Cruel is the snow That sweeps Glen-coe And covers the grave O Donald And cruel was the foe That raped Glen-coe And murdered the house of Mac-Donald
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