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Hazel Whyte
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A' The Airts
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Were the outdated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.
O' a' the airts the winds can blaw I dearly lo'e the west
It's there a bonnie lassie lives, the lass that I lo'e best
Where wildwoods grow and rivers row and mony's the hill
between
Baith day and night my fancie's flight is ever wi' ma Jean

I see her in the dewy floo'ers sae fragrant, fresh and fair
I hear her voice in every bird wha's music charms the air
There's not a bonnie floo'er that springs by fountain, shaw
or stream
Nor yet a bonnie bird that sings but minds me o' ma Jean


Sae blaw ye westlin' winds, blaw saft amang thy leafy glens
Your gentle gale ower muir and dale blaw tae that place ye
ken
And bring the lass there back tae me that's aye sae fresh
and clean
There's nane I'll style aboon her, she's my ain, my bonnie
Jean

What sighs and vows amang yon knowes hae passed
atween us twa
Sae feign tae meet, sae wae tae pairt ere she should gang
awa'
The powers aboon can only know tae whom ma hairt's
been gi'en
There's nane I'll tak' afore her, she's my ain, my bonnie
Jean

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