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Magdalene's
Lament
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Were the outdated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.
Diddle dow diddle dow diddle dow dow dow
Diddle dee diddle da diddle dow-o

As I cam in by Tansy's Wid and doon by Tansy's Mill-o
Four and twenty o' Geordie's men took me against my
will-o

When we were in the laverin' hoose we lived in a richt
guid case-o
We never wanted meat nor drink nor bonnie maids tae
kiss-o

A wee drap cabbage kail in a cog, a cog and a wee drap
bun-o
A wee drap cabbage kail in a cog and a bodle bap abin-o

But noo I'm in the correction hoose and sair, sair dae I
mourn-o
Noo I'm in the correction hoose and whippit tae my turn-o

And if I gain my liberty as I hope tae dae soon-o
I hope tae lead a decent life when a' their days are done-o
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