Chords for Alastair McDonald - Harlaw

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_ [C] And come [Bb] ye fray the [F] Heelan's man, and come ye o'er the wye,
Saw ye [Bb] MacDonald and [Gm] his men as they [Em] come in fray sky,
[Dm] Way a-durum a-drew and a-dree [Bb] and a-drum, Way a [F]-durum a-drew drum pray.
And come [Bb] ye near and near [F] enough, did ye [Bb] their numbers see?
[F] Come tell [G] to me, John Heelan man, what might [Am] their numbers be?
[Dm] Way a-durum a-drew and a-dree [Bb] and a-drum, Way a [F]-durum a-drew drum pray.
It's I [Bb] come in by the geary [F] land and down [Bb] by [F] Netherhall,
And I saw [Bb] MacDonald and his men a [Am]-marchin' tae har law,
[Dm] Way a-durum a-drew and a-dree and [Bb] a-drum, Way a-durum [F] a-drew drum pray.
And I [Bb] come near and near [F] enough, and I their [Bb] numbers saw,
[F] There were forty [Bb] thousand Heelan men a [Am]-marchin' tae har law,
[Dm] Way a-durum a-drew and a-dree and a-drum, Way a-durum [F] a-drew drum pray.
[Dm] Way a-durum a-drew and a-dree and [Bb] a-drum, Way a-durum [F] a-drew drum pray.
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They Heelan [Bb] men with their long [F] swords laid in an [Bb] askew stair,
[F] And they drove backward lolling men three acres [Am] deep in air,
[Dm] Way a-durum a-drew and a-dree and a [Bb]-drum, Way a-durum a [F]-drew drum pray.
Lord [Bb] Forbestay his brother did [F] say, No brother, [Bb] dinnae you see,
[F] Thou've drivers [G] by Cunil, Cusine, and we'll be [Am] forced tae flee,
[Dm] Way a-durum a-drew and a-dree and [Bb] a-drum, Way a-durum [F] a-drew drum pray.
Oh, na na [Bb] na, my brother [F] dear, this thing it [Bb] monna be,
[F] You'll take your [G] git sword and your hon and you'll gang [Am] in weenie,
[Dm] Way a-durum a-drew and a-dree and a [Bb]-drum, Way a-durum a [F]-drew drum pray.
[Dm] Way a-durum a-drew and a-dree and a [Bb]-drum, Way a-durum a [F]-drew drum [Dm] pray.
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[C] And back to [Bb] back the brothers [F] brave gaid in the [Bb] mine that thrang,
[F] And they struck [G] down the Heelan men with swords made [Am] sharp and lang,
[Dm] Way a-durum a-drew and a-dree and a [Bb]-drum, Way a-durum a [F]-drew drum pray.
The first blow [Bb] that Lord Forbess [F] struck the sword ran [Bb] in a nell,
[F] The second [Bb] blow that Forbess struck the great [Am] MacDonald fell,
[Dm] Way a-durum a-drew and a-dree and a [Bb]-drum, Way a-durum a [F]-drew drum pray.
Sake a cry free a [Bb] mine the Heelan men [F] when they see'd their leader fall,
[F] They kept it [Bb] him and buried him a-lying while [Am] frae har law,
[Dm] Way a-durum a-drew and a-dree and a [Bb]-drum, Way a-durum a [F]-drew drum pray.
[Dm] Way a-durum a-drew and a-drew and a [Bb]-drum, Way a-durum a-drew [F] drum [Dm] pray.
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[F] Hinn on a hinn [Bb] should spirit ye [F] for them that's gaid a-wa,
[F] Just tell them [Bb] plain and uncaplain they're [Dm] sleeping at har law,
Way a-durum a-drew and a-dree and a-drum, [Bb] Way a-durum a-drew drum pray.
[Dm] Way a-durum a-drew and a-dree and a-drum, [Bb] Way a-durum a-drew drum pray.
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