A Croft In Clachan [The Ballad Of Rob Macdunn] chords by Johnny Cash and Glen Campbell
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Verse 1
(G major) With the Campbells and
(D major) McDonalds
It was in their blood to fight
With each passing generation it
Became a mans birth (G major) right
But they always had a common enemy (C major)
Nev (D major) er would the English crown
Take Scottish independency
(G major)
Verse 2
Oh the battles rage in
Glasgow and majestic (D major) Edinburgh
And they came with war machines and
In the highlands shots were heard (G major)
Then the people rose in union and
The (D major) forces moved as one
And the Clans all joined together to
See English on the (G major) run
And in a tiny (C major) croft in Clachan sat a (G major) mother
Peg Macdunn
And she (D major) sewed the cords together for
Her 16 year old son (G major)
And she cried (C major) as he was leaving, (G major) donâ
And (D major) come you back to Clachan when
The English are all (G major) done
Now Rob Macdunn was ready as
The (D major) left the croft behind
And he joined the highland pipe brigade
With one thing on his (G major) mind
That to keep his home and freedom he
Must (D major) face it like a man
So he marched in common union with
His musket in his (G major) hand
And he (C major) met the hill of battle
In the high (G major) lands and the low
And the (D major) reason for the fighting long
Within his blood to know (G major)
In the (C major) middle of the rumble
He was (G major) forward gaining ground
And the bag (D major) pipes still were piping as
The dead lay all around (G major)
Then he moved in no direction till
He (D major) faced the winds of North
And he boldly climbed the highlands
Further from the Firth of Forth (G major)
Then one freezing, blowing morning
Came the (D major) cry of Peg Macdunn
Back to my croft in Clachan God
Has sent me home my son (G major)
And in an (C major) other croft
in Clachan cross
The way (G major) from the Macdunnâ
With her (D major) face against the window
Sat a young girl, tired and (G major) worn
And she smiled (C major) a secret knowing as
She (G major) breathed a prayer alone:
"I (D major) thank thee, Lord
For bringing Rob Macdunn back
safely (G major) home"
(C major) (G major) (D major)
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Verse 3
(G major)
Back (C major) to the croft in Clachan
He re (G major) turned to peace again
He had gone (D major) a boy of 16
But he came back as a man (G major)
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A Croft In Clachan [The Ballad Of Rob Macdunn]
Johnny Cash and Glen Campbell
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