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