Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Introductory | | Gathering of the MacGregors | | Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) |
| | | THE MOON ’s on the lake, and the mist ’s on the brae, | |
| And the Clan has a name that is nameless by day; | |
| Then, gather, gather, gather, Grigalach! | |
| Gather, gather, gather. | |
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| Our signal for fight, that from monarchs we drew, | 5 |
| Must be heard but by night in our vengeful halloo! | |
| Then, halloo, Grigalach! halloo, Grigalach! | |
| Halloo, halloo, halloo, Grigalach. | |
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| Glen Orchy’s proud mountains, Coalchurn and her towers, | |
| Glenstrae and Glenlyon, no longer are ours: | 10 |
| We ’re landless, landless, landless, Grigalach! | |
| Landless, landless, landless. | |
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| But doomed and devoted by vassal and lord, | |
| MacGregor has still both his heart and his sword! | |
| Then, courage, courage, courage, Grigalach! | 15 |
| Courage, courage, courage. | |
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| If they rob us of name, and pursue us with beagles, | |
| Give their roofs to the flame, and their flesh to the eagles! | |
| Then, vengeance, vengeance, vengeance, Grigalach! | |
| Vengeance, vengeance, vengeance. | 20 |
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| While there ’s leaves in the forest, and foam on the river, | |
| MacGregor, despite them, shall flourish forever! | |
| Come then, Grigalach, come then, Grigalach! | |
| Come then, come then, come then. | |
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| Through the depths of Loch Katrine the steed shall career, | 25 |
| O’er the peak of Ben Lomond the galley shall steer, | |
| And the rocks of Craig Royston like icicles melt, | |
| Ere our wrongs be forgot or our vengeance unfelt. | |
| Then, gather, gather, gather, Grigalach! | |
| Gather, gather, gather. | 30 | | | |
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