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This is a song written in the early 1960s by Jim McLean in memory of the infamous massacre of the Glencoe MacDonalds in 1692. Easy to play, it has a distinctive Scottish feel (it is based on an older Scottish march called “Colonel Robertson”). In North America it came to be played as a waltz – this works beautifully on a kalimba (I only altered one note). The video is there to give you a feeling of the melody.
CHORUS
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Oh cruel is the snow that sweeps Glencoe
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And covers the grave o’ Donald
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And cruel was the foe that raped Glencoe
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And murdered the house o’ MacDonald
VERSE
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They came through the blizzard, we offered them heat
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A roof ower their heads, dry shoes for their feet
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We wined them and dined them, they ate o’ our meat
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And slept in the house O’ MacDonald
- Jim McLean
- Sad
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How To Read The Tabs
| SOLFEGE | DO | RE | MI | FA | SO | LA | TI |
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| Letter Notes | C | D | E | F | G | A | B |
| Number Notes | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
-Notes inside a parentheses (ex: (135) ) are played together (slide/glissando)
-The tabs/notes posted on this site are designed to be played on kalimba, but you can also play it on other instruments like: piano ,flute, recorder, ocarina , glockenspiel, clarinet, xylophone, otamatone, and etc. Simply use our online kalimba tab converter to convert the tabs/notes to SOLFEGE (do re mi) or letter notation (C D E).