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Hazel Whyte
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Loch Tay Boat
Song
When I’ve done my work of day
And I row my boat away
Doon the waters o’ Loch Tay
As the evening light is fading
I look upon Ben Lawers

Where the after glory glows
And I think on two bright eyes
And the melting mouth below
She’s my beauteous nighean ruadh
My joy and sorrow too

For although she is untrue
Well I cannot live without her
For my heart’s a boat in tow
And I’d give the world to know
why she means to let me go
As I sing he-ree ho-ro

Neighean ruadh your lovely hair
Has more glamour I declare
Than all the tresses rare
‘Tween Killin and Aberfeldy
be they lint white, brown or gold
Be they blacker than the sloe

They have no more worth to me
Than the melting flake of snow
Her eyes are like the gleam
O’ the sunlight on the stream
And the songs the fairies sing
Seem like the songs she sings at milking

But my heart is full of woe
For last night she bad’ me go
And the tears begin to flow
As I sing he-ree ho-ro
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Were the outdated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.
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