LOTRO Music - Culloden's Harvest

(Chorus:
Cold winds on the moors blow.
Warm the enemy's fires glow.
Like the harvest of Culloden,
Pain and fear and death grow.)

1. 'Twas love of our prince drove us all to Drumossie,
But in scarcely the time that it takes me to tell
The flower of our country lay scorched by an army
As ruthless and red as the embers of hell.

(Chorus)

2. Red Campbell the Fox did the work of the English.
McDonald in anger did no work at all.
With musket and cannon against honour and courage.
The invading men stood while our clansmen did fall.

(Chorus)

3. Nine mothers and children were left to their weeping,
With only the memory of father and son.
Turned out of their homes to make shelter for strangers,
The blackest of hours on this land has begun.

(Chorus)

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[williebyron]

Would be nicer if you attributed the song to the writer - Alastair McDonald (who is still alive & writing & performing in Scotland today!) Alastair's much more stirring version of his own song - "Culloden's Harvest" - can be found at Treblestring's channel. Also accessible via my playlist. ENJOY!!

[MakalaureCanafinwe]

@williebyron

Thanks for supplying this information!

[Ardhoniell]

@williebyron I knew he was first, but I didn't know he had it copyrighted. Well anyway I like Deanta better, but he was really good too.

[williebyron]

@MakalaureCanafinwe Was glad to give you the right steer. But you don't seem to have corrected your attributions - you still have it wrongly labelled as Deanta/trad. (Including in the LOTRO songbook, as I've discovered.) There is a copyright issue here - Alastair McDonald via his Corban Recordings company owns it! Just a thought.

[williebyron]

@elewis154 Well, actually, NO - it's not Deanta! It's Alastair McDonald, who lives & performs in Scotland. And who owns the copyright for "Culloden's Harvest".

[elewis154]

Deanta, omg yes!

[nighthawk006]

nice job! *****