Lyrics - Parcel O' Rogues by Burns Robert

Parcel o'
Rogues================
Fareweel to a' oor
Scottish fame
Fareweel oor ancient glory
Fareweel even tae oor
Scottish name
Sae famed in martial story
Noo
Sark runs o'er the
Solway sands
Tweed runs tae the ocean
Tae mark where
England's province stands
Such a parcel o' rogues in a nation
What force or guile could not subdue
Through many wor-like ages
Is rocked now by the coward few
For hireling traitor's wages
The
English steel we could disdain
Secure in valour's station
But
English gold has been oor bane
Such a parcel o' rogues in a nation
O would or
I had seen the day
That treason thus would sell us
My old grey heid had lain in clay
Wi'
Bruce and loyal
Wallace
But pith and power till my last hour
I'll mak' this declaration
We are bought and sold for
English gold
Such a parcel o' rogues in a nation[
Written by
Robert
Burns as a protest against the
Act of
Union, 1707, whichjoined the parliaments of
England and
Scotland.
Although initially againstthe
Act, the
Scottish parliament soon agreed when offered a large pensioneach by the
English government.
The people had no say, and thus were'bought and sold for
English gold'.
They are still paying the price. ]

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