[ti:A Croft In Clachan (The Ballad Of Rob MacDunn)] [ar:Johnny Cash] [al:Johnny Cash Is Coming to Town and Water from the Wells of Home] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]A Croft In Clachan (The Ballad Of Rob MacDunn) - Johnny Cash (约翰尼·卡什) [00:01.65]Written by:Johnny Cash [00:03.30]With the Campbells and McDonalds it was in their blood to fight [00:06.53]With each passing generation it became a mans birthright [00:11.02] [00:11.86]But they always had a common enemy [00:14.25] [00:16.04]Never would the English crown take Scottish independency [00:21.08] [00:25.93]Oh the battles rage in Glasgow and majestic Edinburgh [00:30.86] [00:31.54]And they came with war machines and in the highlands shots were heard [00:37.23]Then the people rose in union and the forces moved as one [00:42.39] [00:43.09]And the Clans all joined together to see English on the run [00:48.51] [00:49.73]And in a tiny croft in Clachan sat a mother Peg Macdunn [00:56.00]And she sewed the cords together for her 16 year old son [01:01.74]And she cried as he was leaving don't forget to keep you own [01:07.10] [01:07.65]And come you back to Clachan when the English are all done [01:13.13] [01:15.20]Now Rob Macdunn was ready as the left the croft behind [01:20.80]And he joined the highland pipe brigade with one thing on his mind [01:26.50]That to keep his home and freedom he must face it like a man [01:32.20]So he marched in common kings with his musket in his hand [01:37.63] [01:39.22]And he met the hill of battle in the highlands and the low [01:45.09]And the reason for the fighting long within his blood to know [01:50.87]In the middle of the rumble he was forward gaining ground [01:56.59]And the bagpipes still were playing as the dead lay all around [02:01.98] [02:09.87]Then he moved in no direction till he faced the winds of North [02:15.31]And he boldly climbed the highlands further from the Firth of Forth [02:20.90]Then one freezing blowing morning came the cry of Peg Macdunn [02:26.76]Back to my croft in Clachan God has sent me home my son [02:32.26] [02:33.23]And in another croft in Clachan cross the way from the Macdunnâ [02:39.29] [02:40.16]With her face against the window sat a young girl tired and worn [02:45.46]And she smiled a secret knowing as she breathed a prayer alone [02:51.11] [02:51.62]I thank the Lord for bringing Rob Macdunn back safely home [02:56.99] [03:09.15]Back to the croft in Clachan he returned to peace again [03:14.56]He had gone a boy of 16 but he came back as a man