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A SCOTTISH SONG OR TWO TO HUM ALONG WITH                                                           brought to you by McLean Scotland of Perth Scotland

Flower of Scotland (written by Roy Williamson of "The Corries")

O Flower of Scotland,
When will we see
Your like again,
That fought and died for,
Your wee bit Hill and Glen,
And stood against him,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent him homeward,
Tae think again.
 

The Hills are bare now,
And Autumn leaves
lie thick and still,
O'er land that is lost now,
Which those so dearly held,
That stood against him,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent him homeward,
Tae think again.
 

Those days are past now,
And in the past
they must remain,
But we can still rise now,
And be the nation again,
That stood against him,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent him homeward,
Tae think again.
 

0 Flower of Scotland,
When will we see
your like again,
That fought and died for,
Your wee bit Hill and Glen,
And stood against him,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent him homeward,
Tae think again.

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Scotland the Brave

Hark where the night is falling
hark hear the pipes a calling
Loudly and proudly calling down thru the glen
There where the hills are sleeping
Now feel the blood a leaping
High as the spirits of the old highland men

Towering in gallant fame
Scotland my mountain hame
High may your proud standards gloriously wave
Land of my high endeavor
Land of the shining river
Land of my heart forever, Scotland the Brave

High in the misty mountains
Out by the purple highlands
Brave are the hearts that beat beneath Scottish skies
Wild are the winds to meet you
Staunch are the friends that greet you
Kind as the love that shines from fair maidens eyes

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Parcel of Rogues is a great Rabbie Burns song and tells the story of how the English could never stop the Scots fighting and winning back their freedom. In the end the English king obtained Scotland by buying it from the traitorous nobles and lords who ruled Scotland thus coining the phrase "We're bought and sold, for English Gold" The "rogues" concerned are the members of the Scottish parliament who signed the Act of Union with England in 1707.

Fareweel to a' our Scottish fame

Fareweel our ancient glory

Fareweel e'en to the Scottish name

So famed in martial story

Now Sark runs to the Solway sands

And Tweed runs to the ocean

To mark where England's province stands

Such a parcel o' rogues in a nation

What force or guile could not subdue

Through many warlike ages

Is wrought now by a coward few

For hireling traitor's wages

The English steel we could disdain

Secure in valour's station

But English gold has been our bane

Such a parcel o' rogues in a nation

O would ere I had seen the day

That treason thus could sell us

My auld grey heid had lien in clay

Wi' Bruce and loyal Wallace

But pith find power till my last hour

I'll mak this declaration

We're bought and sold for English gold

Such a parcel o' rogues in a nation