Verse
Bm D
He watches for the gauger man that prowls the countryside,
Bm Em F#m Bm
He hides his liquid treasure then waits for night and rides
Bm D
O'er the Torrance burn tae Glesca where there's plenty that will buy her
Bm Em F#m Bm
She's that sweet forbidden devil uisge beatha
[Chorus]
E D
Whiskey is a deevil jaud that burns the brains o' man
Em F#m
He'll dance or stagger sing or fight
Em F#m
He'll argue black and blue is white
E D
The fermer's wife the weeda and the weary workin' man
D Bm
They fill the air wi' curses on that devil uisge beatha
[Verse 2]
Bm D
F# band o' wild marauders in the colours o' Colquhoun
Bm Em F#m Bm
Were camped among the Campsie moors above the Lennoxtoon
Bm D
The folk below were soon tae know they were clan Gregor men
Bm Em F#m Bm
When they came sweepin' doon the Campsie Glen
[Verse 3]
Bm
They scattered a' before them a' the weemin and the bairns
D Bm
They chased the fermin' workers and the fermers' fae their hames
Bm D
They gathered up the cattle and they camped aside the hill
Bm Em F#m Bm
And there they fun' the hidden whisky still
[Chorus]
E D
Whiskey is a deevil jaud that burns the brains o' man
Em F#m
He'll dance or stagger sing or fight
Em F#m
He'll argue black and blue is white
E D
The fermer's wife the weeda and the weary workin' man
D Bm
They fill the air wi' curses on that devil uisge beatha
[Verse 4]
Bm D
The Campsie men assembled then tae see what could be done
Bm Em F#m Bm
But shepherd lads and cottars cannae match a hielan' band
Bm D
They cursed the thievin' reivers and their heathen hielan cries
Bm Em F#m Bm
As they drank their fill aneath the evenin' skies
[Chorus]
E D
Whiskey is a deevil jaud that burns the brains o' man
Em F#m
He'll dance or stagger sing or fight
Em F#m
He'll argue black and blue is white
E D
The fermer's wife the weeda and the weary workin' man
[Riff]
D Bm
They fill the air wi' curses on that devil uisge beatha
[Verse 5]
Bm D
Whisky is a devil jaud that burns the brains o' man
Bm Em F#m Bm
For in the night the hielan' men fell drunk upon the grun
Bm D
The Campsie men crept up to them and slew them as they lee
Bm Em F#m Bm
And a' was back in order by the day
[Verse 6]
Bm
There's stills above the Clachan there's stills aroon the fells
D Bm
There's stills aroon the countryside nae gauger man can smell
Bm D
But the one that snared the Gregor was mair valuable than ten
Bm Em F#m Bm
Tae the hones fermers o' the Campsie Glen
[Chorus]
E D
Whiskey is a deevil jaud that burns the brains o' man
Em F#m
He'll dance or stagger sing or fight
Em F#m
He'll argue black and blue is white
E D
The fermer's wife the weeda and the weary workin' man
D Bm
They fill the air wi' curses on that devil uisge beatha
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