ONE-EYED WOMAN

ONE-EYED WOMAN

by

Matt McGinn

There’s a one-eyed woman on a one-eyed horse

Led by a one-eyed man

Driven through the fog by a one-eyed dog

To the Castle Dunvegan

Donald Mòr has barred the door

Upon his one-eyed wife

On a one-eyed nag, he’s placed poor Mag

Chased her for her life

There’s a one-eyed woman on a one-eyed horse

Led by a one-eyed man

Driven through the fog by a one-eyed dog

To the Castle Dunvegan

The one-eyed woman on the one-eyed horse

With the one eyed-man before

The MacLeod clan, to the very last man

Said, ‘We’ll avenge in war’

There’s a one-eyed woman on a one-eyed horse

Led by a one-eyed man

Driven through the fog by a one-eyed dog

To the Castle Dunvegan

They asked the Lord to provide them with a sword

A wooden box and shroud

With a warlike plan, the whole of the clan

Gave the warcry of MacLeod

There’s a one-eyed woman on a one-eyed horse

Led by a one-eyed man

Driven through the fog by a one-eyed dog

To the Castle Dunvegan

The fight was grim, many a limb

Was lost in the one-eyed war

And the people of Skye, lost many an eye

Because of Donald Mòr

There’s a one-eyed woman on a one-eyed horse

Led by a one-eyed man

Driven through the fog by a one-eyed dog

To the Castle Dunvegan

They had some fun when the fight was done

As they all sat round drinking

For the woman and the horse and the man and dog, of course

Said, ‘We were only winking’

There’s a one-eyed woman on a one-eyed horse

Led by a one-eyed man

Driven through the fog by a one-eyed dog

To the Castle Dunvegan

There’s a one-eyed woman on a one-eyed horse

Led by a one-eyed man

Driven through the fog by a one-eyed dog

To the Castle Dunvegan