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Hazel Whyte
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Moon Was A
Waning
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Were the outdated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.
The moon was a-waning, the tempest was over
Fair was the maiden, and fond was the lover
But the snow was so deep that his heart it grew weary
And he sunk down to sleep in the moorland so dreary

Soft was the bed she had made for her lover
White were the sheets and embroidered the cover
But his sheets are more white, and his canopy grander
And sounder he sleeps where the hill foxes wander

Alas, pretty maiden, what sorrows attend you
I see you sit shivering with lights at your window
But long may you wait ere your arms shall enclose him
For still, still he lies with a wreath on his bosom

How painful the task the sad tidings to tell you
An orphan you were ere this misery befell you
And far in yon wild where the dead-tapers hover
So cold, cold and wan lies the corpse of your lover
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