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Campbeltown Loch

Written by Alan Cameron

LYRICS

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CHORUS

Oh Campbeltown Loch, I wish ye were whiskey

Campbeltown Loch, och-aye

Campbeltown Loch, I wish ye were whiskey

I would drink ye dry


Now Campbeltown Loch is a wonderful place
But the price of the whiskey is grim
How nice it would be if the whiskey was free
And the Loch was filled up to the brim

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I'd buy a yacht with the money I've got
And I'd anchor it out in the bay
If I wanted a sip, I'd go in for a dip
I'd be swimmin' by night and by day

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But what if the boat should overturn
And drowned in the Loch was I?
You'd hear me shout, you'd hear me call out
"What a wonderful way to die"


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There'd be a gathering of the clans
They'd come from near and far
I can see them grin as they're wading in
And shouting, "Slainte mhor"

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But what's this I see, ochone for me
It's a vision to make your blood freeze
It's the police afloat in a dirty big boat
And they're shouting, "Time, gentlemen, please"

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Traditional, Scottish

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We acknowledge the Gadigal and Bidjigal people of the Eora nation, upon whose lands we gather and sing.
We acknowledge sovereignty was never ceded. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

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Numerous photos by Nick Ryden 

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