First printed in S.M.M., Vol. 3, 1790.
Upon the Lomonds I lay, I lay,
Upon the Lomonds I lay, I lay,
I looked down to bonie Lochleven,
And saw three bonie perches play — fish
5 The Campbells are comin, Oho, Oho!
The Campbells are comin, Oho, Oho!
The Campbells are comin to Bonie Lochleven,
The Campbells are comin, Oho, Oho!
Great Argyle he goes before,
10 He makes his cannons and guns to roar,
Wi sound o trumpet, pipe and drum
The Campbells are comin, Oho, Oho!
The Campbells they are a’ in arms
Their loyal faith and truth to show,
15 Wi banners rattling in the wind
The Campbells are comin, Oho, Oho!
The poet remarks in the Interleaved Scots Musical Museum that the original lyric was ‘Said to be composed on the imprisonment of Mary Queen of Scots in Lochleven Castle’.