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