The Makem & Spain Brothers: The Tradition Continues
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SOUND THE PIBROCH

Sound the pibroch loud and high
Frae John o' Groats to the Isle of Skye
Let all the clans, their slogans cry
And rise to follow Charlie

Chorus:
Tha tighin fodham, fodham, fodham
Tha tighin fodham, fodham, fodham
Tha tighin fodham, fodham, fodham
Rise and follow Charlie

And see a small devoted band
By dark Lock Shiel have ta'en their stand
And proudly vow with heart and hand
To fight for Royal Charlie

Chorus

On dark Culloden's field of gore
Hark! Hark! they shout Claymore! Claymore!
They bravely fight, what can they more?
They die for Royal Charlie

Chorus

No more we'll see their likes again
Deserted is each highland glen
Proudly the cairns lie over them
The men who died for Charlie

Chorus

-Traditional