Parcel O' Rogues Lyrics

			Parcel o' Rogues
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		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, which
joined the parliaments of England and Scotland.  Although initially against 
the Act, the Scottish parliament soon agreed when offered a large pension 
each by the English government.  The people had no say, and thus were
'bought and sold for English gold'.  They are still paying the price. ]