Macgregor's Gathering Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABC DEBC FFBC GGBC HHBC IIBC JJKKBC| The moon's on the lake and the mist's on the brae | A |
| And the Clan has a name that is nameless by day | A |
| Then gather gather gather Grigalach | B |
| Gather gather gather etc | C |
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| Our signal for fight that from monarchs we drew | D |
| Must be heard but by night in our vengeful haloo | E |
| Then haloo Grigalach haloo Grigalach | B |
| Haloo haloo haloo Grigalach etc | C |
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| Glen Orchy's proud mountains Coalchuirn and her towers | F |
| Glenstrae and Glenlyon no longer are ours | F |
| We're landless landless landless Grigalach | B |
| Landless landless landless etc | C |
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| But doom'd and devoted by vassal and lord | G |
| MacGregor has still both his heart and his sword | G |
| Then courage courage courage Grigalach | B |
| Courage courage courage etc | C |
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| If they rob us of name and pursue us with beagles | H |
| Give their roofs to the flame and their flesh to the eagles | H |
| Then vengeance vengeance vengeance Grigalach | B |
| Vengeance vengeance vengeance etc | C |
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| While there's leaves in the forest and foam on the river | I |
| MacGregor despite them shall flourish for ever | I |
| Come then Grigalach come then Grigalach | B |
| Come then come then come then etc | C |
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| Through the depths of Loch Katrine the steed shall career | J |
| O'er the peak of Ben Lomond the galley shall steer | J |
| And the rocks of Craig Royston like icicles melt | K |
| Ere our wrongs be forgot or our vengeance unfelt | K |
| Then gather gather gather Grigalach | B |
| Gather gather gather etc | C |
Walter Scott (sir)
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