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2/13/1692: "The Massacre at Glencoe"
Oh, cruel was the snow that sweeps Glencoe
And covers the grave o' Donald
Oh, cruel was the foe that raped Glencoe
And murdered the house of MacDonald
"The Massacre of Glencoe," aka "The Ballad of Glencoe," aka "The Rape of
Glencoe," aka "Glencoe." Words and music by Jim McLean in 1963. First
recorded by Nigel Denver 1972. [thanx Jim McLean] See Digital Tradition
filename[ GLENCOMA or Contemplator websites.
There is also the traditional song "The Massacre of Glencoe," aka "Flora &
Donald, or, The Massacre of Glencoe."
O, dark lowred the night on the wild distant heath,
And the wild raven croak'd out the bodings of death,
While the moon hid her beams in the clouds out of woe,
Disdaining to gaze on the fields of Glencoe
Versions collected in the North-East of Scotland in 1906 and 1908. See The
Greig~Duncan Folk Song Collection, vol 1, #115. Also in Bodleian Library
online Broadside collection - printed between 1840 and 1866
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