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Poem by Walter Scott
MacGregor's Gathering
The moon's on the lake, and the mist's on the brae, And the Clan has a name that is nameless by day; Then gather, gather, gather Grigalach! Gather, gather, gather Grigalach! Our signal for fight, that from monarchs we drew, Must be heard but by night in our vengeful haloo! Then haloo, Grigalach! haloo, Grigalach! Haloo, haloo, haloo, Grigalach! Glen Orchy's proud mountains, Coalchuirn and her towers, Glenstrae and Glenlyon no longer are ours; We're landless, landless, landless, Grigalach! Landless, landless, landless, Grigalach! But doom'd and devoted by vassal and lord, MacGregor has still both his heart and his sword! Then courage, courage, courage, Grigalach! Courage, courage, courage, Grigalach! If they rob us of name, and pursue us with beagles, Give their roofs to the flame, and their flesh to the eagles! Then vengeance, vengeance, vengeance, Grigalach! Vengeance, vengeance, vengeance, Grigalach! While there's leaves in the forest, and foam on the river, MacGregor despite them, shall flourish for ever! Come then Grigalach, come then Grigalach, Come then, come then, come then Grigalach! Through the depths of Loch Katrine the steed shall career, O'er the peak of Ben Lomond the galley shall steer, The rocks of Craig-Royston like icicles melt, Ere our wrongs be forgot, or our vengeance unfelt! Then gather, gather, gather Grigalach! Gather, gather, gather Grigalach!
Walter Scott
Walter Scott's other poems:
- The Monks of Bangor’s March
- On Ettrick Forest’s Mountains Dun
- Lines Addressed to Ranald Macdonald, Esq., of Staffa
- The Sun upon the Weirdlaw Hill
- The Maid of Isla
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