Terror of the Highlands
The mountains and the Bens
The highways and the byways
The valleys and the Glens

Lone travellers in those bygone days
Fearful of the winding ways
Would vanish down some country lane
Never to be seen again

This savage clan of wayward Scots
Tied the militia up in knots
Until at last one fatal day
An intended victim got away

A hue and cry was swiftly raised
Each villain apprehended
The clan were all arrested
And the reign of terror ended

But when they searched the monsters lair
The evidence was damnable
It soon became apparent
Evil Sawney was a cannibal

The people called for vengeance
Saying “Sawney Bean must die”
To atone for all his villainy
And the widows left to cry

Swift justice was served
The hangman got his brief
The sentence was appropriate
For this cannibal and thief

Folk arrived from far and near
All corners of the nation
To witness Sawney’s hanging
Bringing joy and jubilation

Highland legend has it
{Some swear that this is true)
For his last meal he requested
A bowl of people stew !

My apologies for the last verse
I couldn’t resist it.