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Hazel Whyte
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Boom And
Bust
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Were the outdated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.
Tab/Sheet Music
As Available
Chorus

1
Now I want you all to know I’m a Scotsman born and a Scotsman
bred,
If you think I owe loyalty well I’ll see North Britain dead,
From early student days I taught others how to get your bread,
This job I also got for free, it’s the peoples voice I dread,
In Scotland I’ve some trouble with the ancient banking system
there,
The Scots are voting with their feet this union for to tear,
The loss of a hundred thousand jobs will be hard for them to bear,
So I’ll sort things to kill HBOS, and drive that country to despair.
2
It’s up to me to tell the Scots they need this bloody union so,
And what better way to rip apart and ruin what they know,
We’ll call it a "Union Dividend" and with meagre truth we will
show,
How to stop their elected government, ‘till it fades like melting
snow,
The biggest problem I have right now is the Nats up in the North,
They’re coming out of the woodwork on both sides of the Forth,
Hard working media spreads doctrine censoring for all they’re
worth,
To keep this union I’ll cheat and lie or steal from you of lowly birth.
3
There was a time in history when you could count on your Labour
friends,
But stealthy taxes through the years another message sends,
Double what the poor will pay when the 10p tax band ends,
But looking after wealthy folks – don’t touch those dividends.
Now we’ve got the oil to keep costs low so why is it so cruelly
high,
Perhaps because I’ve mortgaged it from now ‘til it runs dry,
Energy companies run amok as their profits reach into the sky,
And I’ll weep my reptile tears for you as I watch your elders die
4
The housing market that's gone to pot is the one I helped to set,
Unbridled loans and systems proved good laws I will forget,
Fixing mortgage bailouts you'll think that I'm your safety net,
The footsie tumbles in freefall pensions vanish into debt,
Eighty thousand pounds and more is owed from each and every
earning,
That’s your debt each one of you but not the signal I’m sending,
Give the bankers what they want – that's your money we are
spending,
We’ll cut our basic rates again and the banks will keep on lending.
5
And while you hope I'm watching out for everything that you hold
dear,
I'll be looking out for number 10 on that please have no fear,
For many things you do not know just let me make this very clear,
The media will tell you only what I whisper in their ear,
Well now I’ve sold your yellow gold at the worst price I could ever
get,
I’ve promised all the black gold too – On that truth you sure can
bet,
It’s Scotland’s oil or so you think, but I’ll put it to my debt,
I’ve mortgaged all your grandchildren though you don’t know it
yet,
6.
I've decried our friends once held as the arc of prosperity,
Assisted runs on banks of theirs – made sure the world would see,
I’ll just invoke the terror acts bring proud lands to bended knee,
You’ll never know they're valued more than the pound that’s
falling free,
When the polls reveal I'm failing - you might dare vote for another,
It’s the world's fault here me cry, not I who am your brother,
As I destroy the four home lands from Westminster’s unholy
cover,
I’ll ask again for your good will just like some treasonous lover,
7
In my employ I've got the docs who specialize in scare and fright,
They spin so well and think so fast, that in less than one short
night,
You’ll forget all you ever knew, and believe you’re not so very
bright,
And once again you'll vote for me, as I lead you into night.
Civil Liberties are ours I say but it seems that you're just shocked
in awe,
Forty days we’ll imprison you it’s what we’re aiming for,
And if all else fails we’ll force on you what we’ll call a voluntary
law,
Carry compulsory ID card – which you’ll be paying for,
8
No more boom and no more bust you know the mantra I’ve laid
down,
This house of cards that I have built, spin and lies make sound,
I’ll be your knight in armour that darkest man of great renown,
I’ll lie and say it’s not just me, that’s the mantra I’ll lay down.
One short term in the wilderness and we’ll be back without a care,
Our devastation so complete, the Tories can't repair,
“Mission Accomplished” here me cry, now the country's been
scorched bare,
You’ll gift us power of the trough – the grease still in our hair,
This particular
song was written
during a time of
great national hardship
and turmoil, in the latter
part of 2008 when the
UK government with the
apparent complicity of the
UK media was being
hailed as a saviour of the
financial crisis which it
had in fact created
through a mix of over a
decade de-regulation and
abandonment of fiscal
prudence. That the
British media hails the
incumbent government as
"saviors" rather than
holding them to task for
the chaos created is
scarcely credible. Yet it is
fact. Reading these
disasters in the press of
other nations gives
the true tale.  
In the words

Choose your destiny.

Research and cast your
votes accordingly.

There certainly appears, by
educated research to be
ONLY one political
organization existing within
the United Kingdom at the
present time which has the
best interest of it's
constituents at heart, and
that would not appear to be
ANY of the traditional
Westminster parties.

It would be time it seems for
a new union - a federal
union (if needed at all)
where each nation had an
EQUAL VOICE.