Tono: C
Introducción:
C F
They came in the night
C
When the men were asleep
G
This band O' Argyles
C G
Through snow soft and deep
C F
Like murdering foxes
F G
They slaughtered the house of
C
Mac-Donald
C
O Cruel is the snow
F C
That sweeps Glen-coe
C G
And covers the grave O Donald
C
And cruel was the foe
F C
That raped Glen-coe
F G
And murdered the house of
C
Mac-Donald
verse 2
C F
They came in a blizzard
C
We offered them heat
G
A roof o'er their heads
C G
Dry shoes for their feet
C F
We wined them and dined them
C
They ate of our meat
F G
And they slept in the house of
C
Mac-Donald
C
O Cruel is the snow
F C
That sweeps Glen-coe
C G
And covers the grave O Donald
C
And cruel was the foe
F C
That raped Glen-coe
F G
And murdered the house of
C
Mac-Donald
verse 3
C F
They came from Fort William
C
Wi' murder in mind
G
The Campbells had orders
C G
King William had signed
C F
Put all to the sword
C
These words were underlined
F G
And leave none a-live called
C
Mac-Donald
verse 4
C F
Some died in their beds
C
At the hand of the foe
G
Some fled in the night
C G
And were lost in the snow
C F
Some lived to ac-cuse him
C
That struck the first blow
F G
But gone was the house of
C
Mac-Donald
C
O Cruel is the snow
F C
That sweeps Glen-coe
C G
And covers the grave O Donald
C
And cruel was the foe
F C
That raped Glen-coe
F G
And murdered the house of
C
Mac-Donald