Men Of Knoydart chords by Hamish Imlach

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Verse 1:
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It was down by the farm of Scottas,
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Lord Brocket walked one day,
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when he saw a sight that troubled him
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Far more than he could say,
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For the Seven Men of Knoydart
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Were doing what they'd planned.
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They had staked their claims they were digging drains,
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On Brocket's Private Land.

Verse 2:
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"You bloody Reds," Lord Brocket yelled,
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"Wot's this you're doing 'ere?
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It doesn't pay as you'll find today,
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To insult an English peer.
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You're only Scottish half-wits,
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But I'll have you understand.
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You Highland swine, these Hills are mine!
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This is all Lord Brocket's Land."


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Then up spoke the Men of Knoydart,
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"Away and shut your trap,
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For threats from a Saxon brewer's boy,
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We just don't give a rap.
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Now we are all ex-servicement,
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Who fought against the Hun.
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We can tell our enemies by now,
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And Brocket, you are one!"


Verse 4:
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When the noble lord he heard these words he
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Turned purple in the face.
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He said, "These Scottish savages
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Are Britain's black disgrace.
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I know it's true I've let some few
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Thousand acres go to pot,
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But each one I'd give to a London spiv,
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Before any Bloody Scot!"


Verse 5:
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"You're a crowd of Tartan Bolshies!
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But I'll soon have you licked.
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I'll write to the Court of Session,
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For an Interim Interdict.
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I'll write to my London lawyer,
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And he will understand."
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"Och to Hell with your London lawyer,
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We want our Scottish Land."


Verse 6:
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Then up spoke the men of Knoydart,
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"You have no earthly right.
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For this is the land of Scotland,
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And no the Isle of Wight.
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When Scotland's proud Fianna,
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With ten thousand lads is manned,
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We'll show the world that Highlanders
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Have a right to Scottish Land."