The Campbells are Comin

Words & Music, traditional
Source: Standing Song Stone Book

The Campbells are comin, Oho! Oho!
The Campbells are comin, Oho! Oho!
The Campbells are comin to bonnie Lochleven,
The Campbells are comin, Oho! Oho!

Upon the Lomands I lay, I lay
Upon the Lomands I lay, I lay
I looked down to bonnie Lockleven
And saw three bonnie perches play.

The Campbells are comin, Oho! Oho!
The Campbells are comin, Oho! Oho!
The Campbells are comin to bonnie Lochleven,
The Campbells are comin, Oho! Oho!

Great Argyle he goes on before;
He makes his cannons and guns to roar,
Wi' sound o' trumpet, pipe, and drum;
The Campbells are comin, Oho! Oho!

The Campbells are comin, Oho! Oho!
The Campbells are comin, Oho! Oho!
The Campbells are comin to bonnie Lochleven,
The Campbells are comin, Oho! Oho!

The Campbells they are a' in arms,
Their loyal faith and truth to show,
Wi' banners rattling in the wind,
The Campbells are comin, Oho! Oho!

The Campbells are comin, Oho! Oho!
The Campbells are comin, Oho! Oho!
The Campbells are comin to bonnie Lochleven,
The Campbells are comin, Oho! Oho!

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