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Twa Bonnie
Maidens
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Were the outdated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.

There were twa bonnie maidens, and three
bonnie maidens,
Cam' ower the Minch, and cam' ower the main,
Wi' the wind for their way and the corrie for their
hame,
And they're dearly welcome tae Skye again.

Come alang, come alang, wi' your boatie and
your song,
Tae my hey! bonnie maidens, my twa bonnie
maids!
The nicht, it is dark, and the redcoat is gane,
And you're dearly welcome tae Skye again.

There is Flora, my honey, sae neat and sae
bonnie,
And ane that is tall, and handsome withall.
Put the ane for my Queen and the ither for my
King
And they're dearly welcome tae Skye again.

There's a wind on the tree, and a ship on the sea,
Tae my hey! bonnie maidens, my twa bonnie
maids!
By the sea mullet's nest I will watch o'er the
main,
And you're dearly welcome tae Skye again.




Background: O'Carolan tune "Planxty George
Brabazon." The event described here took place
during Bonnie Prince Charlie's months in hiding
after his defeat at the Battle of Culloden (April 16,
1746). By late July, the Hannoverians thought
they had Charlie pinned down in the outer
Hebrides.
But a woman named Flora MacDonald set out to
rescue him. She dressed him as her maid, and in
this disguise the two managed to escape the
redcoat sentries and sail across to the island of
Skye. Despite the hints in this song, there was
no romantic attachment between Flora
MacDonald and Bonnie Prince Charlie (apart from
the fact that Flora, like all the young women of
the time, seems to have been enamoured of
Charlie).
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