CAMPBELLS ARE COMING, THE
(Traditional 18th Century Scottish)





The Campbells are coming, O-ho! O-ho!
The Campbells are coming, O-ho! O-ho!
The Campbells are coming from bonnie Loch Lomond
The Campbells are coming, O-ho! O-ho!

The great Argyle he goes before
He makes guns and cannons roar
Wi' the sound o' trumpet, pipe and drum
And banners waving in the sun

The Campbells are coming, O-ho! O-ho!
The Campbells are coming, O-ho! O-ho!
The Campbells are coming from bonnie Loch Lomond
The Campbells are coming, O-ho! O-ho!

Wi' bonnet blue, auld Scotia's pride
And braid  Claymore hung at their side
W' plumes all nodding in the wind
They ha'e no' left a man behind

The Campbells are coming, O-ho! O-ho!
The Campbells are coming, O-ho! O-ho!
The Campbells are coming from bonnie Loch Lomond
The Campbells are coming, O-ho! O-ho!

Hark! Hark! the pibroch's sound I hear
Now bonnie lassie dinna' fear
'Tis honour calls, I must away
Argyle's the word, and ours the day

The Campbells are coming, O-ho! O-ho!
The Campbells are coming, O-ho! O-ho!
The Campbells are coming from bonnie Loch Lomond
The Campbells are coming, O-ho! O-ho!


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ALTERNATE VERSION:

The Campbells are coming, Ho-Ro! Ho-Ro!
The Campbells are coming, Ho-Ro! Ho-Ro! 
The Campbells are coming to bonnie Lochleven
The Campbells are coming, Ho-Ro! Ho-Ro!

Upon the Lomonds I lay, I lay
Upon the Lomonds I lay, I lay
I lookit down to bonnie Lochleven
And saw three perches play-hay-hay!

The Campbells are coming, Ho-Ro! Ho-Ro!
The Campbells are coming, Ho-Ro! Ho-Ro! 
The Campbells are coming to bonnie Lochleven
The Campbells are coming, Ho-Ro! Ho-Ro!

The Campbells are coming, Ho-Ro! Ho-Ro!
The Campbells are coming, Ho-Ro! Ho-Ro! 
The Campbells are coming to bonnie Lochleven
The Campbells are coming, Ho-Ro! Ho-Ro!

The Campbells are coming, Ho-Ro! Ho-Ro!
The Campbells are coming, Ho-Ro! Ho-Ro! 
The Campbells are coming to bonnie Lochleven
The Campbells are coming, Ho-Ro! Ho-Ro!

The Campbells they are a' in arms
Their loyal faith and truth to show
With banners rattling in the wind
The Campbells are coming, Ho-Ro! Ho-Ro!

The Campbells are coming, Ho-Ro! Ho-Ro!
The Campbells are coming, Ho-Ro! Ho-Ro! 
The Campbells are coming to bonnie Lochleven
The Campbells are coming, Ho-Ro! Ho-Ro!



(Contributed by Mel Priddle - February 2016)