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Gunslinger
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0 posted 2009-07-05 12:43 PM



Robert Campbell! Curse the name!
The ‘ound to peaceful Glencoe came.
To Clan McDonald came wi’ guile...
An’ plotted murder all the while.

Sixteen 'undred, ninety two....
An evil year, for Scot’s tis true.
Campbell came wi’ English troops...
An’ e’en lower, then he stoops!

The English king ‘ad said to ‘im-
Kill all below three score an’ ten.
An’ kill ‘e did, the scurvy ‘ound-
McDonald blood ran all around..

Betrayal vile, an’ till this day-
The stench, it will na’ go away.
An’ go to Glencoe... an’ it seems-
Of night that one still ‘ears the screams..

Of frightened lasses, cursing men...
As real today, as they were then.
McDonald’s an’ the Campbell clans-
Though years ha' past will not join hands.

The Traveler wanted all to know-
The infamy o’ Pass Glencoe.



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1 posted 2009-07-05 01:29 PM


Thank you.
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2 posted 2009-07-05 01:35 PM


Thank you, Traveler, for your " birds eye view." My great granmother was from Scotland.
Burns was the family name so I really enjoy these tales of Scotland.
                               Ida

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3 posted 2009-07-06 07:17 PM


WOW! Another fine piece of work./pip/icons/icon84.gif
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4 posted 2009-10-02 02:54 PM


The most inhospitable of guests. *S* I've had the privilege of visiting the glen... you write the tale well!!
GBride
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5 posted 2009-10-03 04:32 PM


Well done!!!
GBride
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6 posted 2009-10-07 06:39 PM


Well, pard. Are you the kind of person who whats to know where your poems go.
The Yehoo who gave me a gracious introduction to piptalk was there and we brought up the subject of your yarns. I'm sayin' we parleyed lively like on your tales. That is out here on the plains of Nebraska where there is a lot of wind but few people. This in the basement of a church. That is where your moniker was so highly esteemed. This bein' about 60 miles from where James Butler Hickock gunned down his first three innocent men at the Rock Creek Pony Express Post. Hey could be a object of concern for another Yarn.

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