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Black Watch
It was once
said to me, and has
been voiced by
many - that the only
difference between the
Scots and the Irish
is that the Scots stopped
fighting.

My response to my Irish
friends is that we
stopped fighting for
good reason.
After putting OUR king
on THEIR throne, WE
thought WE had won !

Sadly the Scots have now
spent four centuries
wondering what
happened ??

Perhaps NOW is the
time to peacefully right
the wrongs of
the past.
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.

You've heard about the B-men the cruel RUC
You've heard about the Black and Tans in
bygone history
But theres another regiment the devil calls his
own
Theyre known as the Black Watch
commisioned by the throne

Strolling down the Falls Road with riot guns
and gas
Terrorising women as they're coming out of
mass
A bunch of Scottish critters we never will forget
Thank God we know the IRA sure arent beaten
yet

These soldiers come from Scotland a place you
all know well
From the hardest part of Glasgow the teddy
boys do dwell
They're given a British uniform they're given a
British gun
They joined a British regiment to have
themselves some fun

When I grow up and marry and have a little son
Ill tell him of the regiment the terrible things
they've done
And when that he grows older becomes a man
like me
He'll become a volunteer and set old Ireland
free