The Massacre

Lyrics

(Verse 1 )
The fire was lit in twelve ninety seven,
When a Campbell chief met fate in heaven.
A bloody feud, land at stake,
A wound too deep for time to break.

(Verse 2 )
Through wars and whispers, the Highlands bled,
Yet both once fought where Bruce had led.
But raids and theft turned kin to foes,
Through valley mist and winter snows.

(Chorus )
Oh, Glencoe, where the storm winds sigh,
A land where honour came to die.
A broken oath, a king’s cruel hand,
Blood ran deep into the land.

(Verse 3 )
The year was sixteen ninety two,
The crown had changed, the whispers grew.
King William’s plot, a twisted scheme,
To bring the Highland clans to heel.

(Verse 4 )
For twelve long days, they shared their bread,
Warmed their foes, gave them beds.
A Campbell’s oath, false and grim,
Turned their kindness to a sin.

(Chorus )
Oh, Glencoe, where the fires burned low,
Betrayed by those they thought they’d know.
Through the night, in ice and sleet,
Brothers slain in dark deceit.

(Verse 5 )
With orders signed, the swords came bare,
The 10th Earl of Argyll led them there.
Thirty-eight fell to steel and snow,
While others fled the frozen woe.

(Verse 6 – The Aftermath & Legacy)
The clans survived, they spread afar,
Their names now known in lands afar.
Yet still the hills of Glencoe weep,
For those who lie in winter’s keep.

(Final Chorus )
Oh, Glencoe, where the spirits cry,
Under stormy Highland sky.
A warning carved in ice and stone,
Never trust the king’s false throne.

(Outro )
Now winds still wail through hills so steep,
Where Highland hearts forever weep.
Remember Glencoe, blood in the snow,
A tale o’ treachery we’ll always know.