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Iron Horse
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Were the outdated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.
Come Hielandman, come Lowlandman
Come every man on earth, man
And I'll tell ye how I got on
Atween Dundee and Perth, man
I gaed upon an iron road
A rail they did it ca', man
And ruggit by an iron horse
An awfy beast to draw, man (ruggit - pulled)

There were hooses in a lang straight row
A-standin' upon wheels, man
And the pair o' chiels that fed the brute
Were black as ony de'ils, man
And ne'er a thing they gave the beast
But only coals to eat, man
'Twas the queerest beast that e'er I saw
For it had wheels for feet, man

The beast it roared and aff we gaed
Through water, steam and stanes, man
We gaed at sic a fearful rate
I thought we'd brak' oor banes, man
By and by we stoppit
At a place ca'd something-Gowrie
But ne'er a word had I to say
But only sit and glower, aye

And after that we crossed the Tay
And landed into Perth, man
I vow it was the queerest place
That e'er I saw on Earth, man
For the hooses and the iron horse
Were far aboon the land, man
And how they got them up the stairs
I cannae understand, man

But noo I'm safely landed
And my feet are on the sod, man
If I gang tae Dundee again
I'll tak' another road, man
Though I should gang upon my feet
Till I'm no' fit to stand, man
Catch me again when I'm ta'en in
Wi' the terrible iron horse, man
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