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Tale # 19 (The Masscre at Glencoe)
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Tale # 19 (The Masscre at Glencoe) |
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Gunslinger Senior Member
since 1999-10-09
Posts 901TX, USA 
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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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Alison 
since 2008-01-27
Posts 9318Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy! |
Thank you. |
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Marchmadness Member Rara Avis
since 2007-09-16
Posts 9271So. El Monte, California |
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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DrK&7 Junior Member
since 2009-07-01
Posts 40 |
WOW! Another fine piece of work./pip/icons/icon84.gif |
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suthern
since 1999-07-29
Posts 20723Louisiana |
The most inhospitable of guests. *S* I've had the privilege of visiting the glen... you write the tale well!! |
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GBride Senior Member
since 2009-07-02
Posts 538 |
Well done!!! |
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GBride Senior Member
since 2009-07-02
Posts 538 |
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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