MacGregor's Gathering
MacGregor's Gathering
Original Text
Alexander Campbell, Albyn's Anthology (Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1816). 4 vols. B-10 1474 Fisher Rare Book Library (Toronto).
1 The moon's on the lake, and the mist's on the brae,
2And the Clan has a name that is nameless by day;
3 Then gather, gather, gather, Grigalach!
4 Gather, gather, gather, &c.
5 Our signal for fight, that from monarchs we drew,
6Must be heard but by night in our vengeful haloo!
7 Then haloo, Grigalach! haloo, Grigalach!
8 Haloo, haloo, haloo, Grigalach, &c.
9 Glen Orchy's proud mountains, Coalchuirn and her towers,
10Glenstrae and Glenlyon no longer are ours;
11 We're landless, landless, landless, Grigalach!
12 Landless, landless, landless, &c.
13 But doom'd and devoted by vassal and lord.
14MacGregor has still both his heart and his sword!
15 Then courage, courage, courage, Grigalach!
16 Courage, courage, courage, &c.
17 If they rob us of name, and pursue us with beagles,
18Give their roofs to the flame, and their flesh to the eagles!
19 Then vengeance, vengeance, vengeance, Grigalach!
20 Vengeance, vengeance, vengeance, &c.
21 While there's leaves in the forest, and foam on the river,
22MacGregor, despite them, shall flourish for ever!
23 Come then, Grigalach, come then, Grigalach,
24 Come then, come then, come then, &c.
25 Through the depths of Loch Katrine the steed shall career,
26O'er the peak of Ben-Lomond the galley shall steer,
27And the rocks of Craig-Royston like icicles melt,
28Ere our wrongs be forgot, or our vengeance unfelt!
29 Then gather, gather, gather, Grigalach!
30 Gather, gather, gather, &c.
Publication Start Year
1816
RPO poem Editors
J. D. Robins
RPO Edition
2RP 2.141.
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