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 <tab>He will be remembered as the subject of a satirical but never scornful 56-line song or poem composed by Donald Norman MacLeod. Donald Norman MacLeod (1894-1966), who farmed at McCrimmon where his farmhouse stood at the curve on Highway 34, facing MacMaster’s house a few hundred feet away, was the son of Mr and Mrs William D. MacLeod of Bonnie Briar, and was the brother of Dr J. G. MacLeod of Finch. The song, after circulating for years in manuscript, seems to have been published for the first time in the //Lochinvar to Skye// history of 1988. With much unevenness, it contains some good phrases, and some striking depictions of the GC life of the day, and a vivid sketch of “Pain Killer” himself. A portion of it follows:
-He was the sportsman of the clan \\
+//He was the sportsman of the clan // \\
-He early learned to hit the can, \\
+//He early learned to hit the can, // \\
-And in a row he was in the van \\
+//And in a row he was in the van // \\
-Yelling \u201cCotton Beaver* man for man.\u201d \\
+//Yelling "Cotton Beaver<sup>1</sup> man for man." // \\
-He had a farm, he tilled the ground \\
+//He had a farm, he tilled the ground // \\
-He worked the horses round by round \\
+//He worked the horses round by round // \\
-And in winter time when chores got slow  \\
+//And in winter time when chores got slow //  \\
-Off to the shanty he would go \\
+//Off to the shanty he would go // \\
-Off to south woods he did go \\
+//Off to south woods he did go // \\
-Himself and Mr A. D. O. \\
+//Himself and Mr A. D. O.<sup>2</sup> // \\
-But Angie\u2019s wit they didn\u2019t need \\
+//But Angie's wit they didn't need // \\
-So they put Allan on the lead\\
+//So they put Allan on the lead // \\
-And if stock got sick, he had no book \\
+//And if stock got sick, he had no book // \\
-But for Perry Davis he would look \\
+//But for Perry Davis he would look // \\
-He never thought that there would come a day \\
+//He never thought that there would come a day // \\
-When he\u2019d become known as P. K. \\
+//When he'd become known as P. K. // \\
-He worked the farm until he got old \\
+//He worked the farm until he got old // \\
-He surely made a lot of gold, \\
+//He surely made a lot of gold, // \\
-So Angus Bethune bought the ground \\
+//So Angus Bethune bought the ground // \\
-And for McCrimmon he was bound \\
+//And for McCrimmon he was bound // \\
-So at last he bought a car \\
+//So at last he bought a car // \\
-But Angie never travelled far \\
+//But Angie never travelled far // \\
-At buying calves he tried his luck \\
+//At buying calves he tried his luck // \\
-And he turned the Ford into a truck. \\
+//And he turned the Ford into a truck. // \\
-He was honest, kind and true \\
+//He was honest, kind and true // \\
-He was a MacMaster through and through, \\
+//He was a MacMaster through and through, // \\
-When times got tough and you couldn\u2019t pay \\
+//When times got tough and you couldn't pay // \\
-He\u2019d always put some cash your way. \\
+//He'd always put some cash your way. // \\
-But time and tide for no man wait \\
+//But time and tide for no man wait // \\
-And Angie had to meet his fate. \\
+//And Angie had to meet his fate. // \\
-They say \u2018twas written in his will \\
+//They say 'twas written in his will // \\
-That he\u2019d be buried at Kirk Hill. \\
+//That he'd be buried at Kirk Hill. // \\
-<tab>**[Cotton Beaver was–and is–approximately the location stated above for Angus’ parents’ home] **[Allan D. O. MacCrimmon]
+<tab><sup>1</sup>Cotton Beaver was–and is–approximately the location stated above for Angus’ parents’ home \\
+<tab><sup>2</sup>Allan D. O. MacCrimmon
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