Skean Dhu<br>
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_Words: Amleth MacAuleth<br>
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Tune: Can Do (Fugue for Tinhorns) from Guys and Dolls<br>
Source: Standing Song Stone Book<br>
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Twas the Scot's revolt in '45<br>
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You had to fight to stay alive<br>
I met a man in the King's dragoons<br>
I shook his hand with my skean dhu.<br>
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_Chorus:<br>
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Skean dhu, skean dhu<br>
The man hates the Scot's skean dhu<br>
Skean dhu, skean dhu<br>
The man hates the Scot's skean dhu._<br>
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My clan's dispute with clan MacNiel<br>
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Was settled off the battlefield<br>
We made the pact in this saloon<br>
I closed the deal with my skean dhu.<br>
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_Chorus_<br>
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An English knave, he captured me<br>
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He had his eyes on my bounty<br>
Before the dog could run me through<br>
The man's last words were "damned skean dhu."<br>
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_Chorus_<br>
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