Cold wind 'cross Cawdor's keep
won't waken wild John's sleep
Wild places dark scree faces
the stag's roar by Cawdor sounds
the rut's strathspey
White snow sky corbies hard cry
Red Grouse call come nightfall
send the day away
Cold wind 'cross Cawdor's keep
won't waken wild John's sleep
Highland hunting tower guards the glen
Banquo's spirit power stalks the night again
at Cawdor Cawdor Cawdor
Grey geese skein song to dead thane
His pibroch The Quiet Loch rises on the mist
Cruel Claymore bloodshed clan war
No reprieving cattle rieving avenged
with the dirk's twist
Cold wind 'cross Cawdor's keep
won't waken wild John's sleep