(chorus)   O cruel is the snow   That sweeps glencoe   And covers the grave o donald   And cruel was the foe   That raped glencoe   And murderd the house of   Macdonald      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   Macdonald      (chorus)      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 alive called   Macdonald      (chorus)      They came in the night   When the men were asleep   This band o' argyles   Through snow soft and deep   Like murdering foxes   Among helpless sheep   They slaughtered the house of   Macdonald      (chorus)      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 accuse him   That struck the first blow   But gone was the house of   Macdonald