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Bonny George
Campbell
A simple brief
thought on Scottish
Independance.

Were the outdated
union not of some very
high value to England and
the English, why would
they fight so to try to
keep it?

There are only so many
slices to a pie, for one to
have more, another must
have less.

Lastly - to those Scottish
"Loyalists" - to whom are
you loyal?
Scots royalty died in the
1700's so it can be no
Scots crown - And
certainly not it appears to
those who came before,
that bled for Scotland
and her freedom !  
In the words
of Burns, as he
wrote from the heart.

Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled,
Scots, wham Bruce has aften led,
Welcome to your gory bed,
Or to victorie.

Now's the day, and now's the hour;
See the front o' battle lour;
See approach proud Edward's power,
Chains and slaverie.

Wha would be a traitor-knave?
Wha can fill a coward's grave?
Wha sae base as be a Slave?
Let him turn and flie:

Wha for Scotland's king and law,
Freedom's sword will strongly draw,
Free-man stand, or free-man fa',
Let him follow me.

By Oppression's woes and pains!
By your Sons in servile chains!
We will drain our dearest veins,
But they shall be free!

Lay the proud Usurpers low!
Tyrants fall in every foe!
Liberty's in every blow!
Let us Do - or Die!!!

Choose your destiny.
One of the Child ballads of which little
background is known or has been researched.
The ballad itself reasonably gives the details of
what was intended to be conveyed by the writer.

Before the Perth Smeaton bridge was build in the 1771
(still very much in use), folks had to be ferried across,
but the current is so strong (one reason for such great
pearls coming from this river) that several ferrymen
died. There is a monument to their bravery on the
Perth shoreline.
















Perth now has a very attractive River frontage.
This developed over many centuries.
Originally a wooden bridge, which was lost and swept
away in a storm.
The loss of a safe crossing in 1621 contributed to a
decline in the town's fortunes, and in 1766 Thomas,
Earl of Kinnoull headed an effort to obtain funding for a
new bridge.
Financial backing from the government and the Earl
himself, as well as public subscription led to the
commission of John Smeaton, architect of the
Eddystone Lighthouse, to build a new bridge at Perth.
Smeaton's bridge was completed in 1771 and is
generally known as Perth Bridge over the River Tay.