They came in the night
When the men were asleep
This band O' Argyles
Through snow soft and deep
Like murdering foxes
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