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Campbells Are
Commin
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Were the outdated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.
Campbells Of Argylle

The title Duke of Argyll was created in the Peerage of
Scotland in 1701 and in the Peerage of the United
Kingdom in 1892. The Earls, Marquesses, and Dukes of
Argyll were for several centuries among the most
powerful, if not the most powerful, noble family in
Scotland. As such, they played a major role in Scottish
history throughout the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries.















On the June 21, 1701 the 9th Earl's son was created
Duke of Argyll, Marquess of Kintyre and Lorne, Earl of
Campbell and Cowal, Viscount of Lochow and Glenyla,
Baron Inveraray, Mull, Morvern, and Tiree for his
services to William of Orange. His son, the 2nd Duke,
was created Baron Chatham and Earl of Greenwich in
1705 as a reward for his support for the Act of Union
and further elevated to the title Duke of Greenwich in
1719. Upon his death his Scottish titles passed to his
brother and the English titles became extinct.

The song is perhaps noting his clans military exploits
against their own countrymen in support of the English
government of the time.