Scotland Our Country

A poem by Campbell Laing

Scotland, our country, of which we are proud,
But for far too long we have lived under a cloud
In 1707 our Lords and Nobles decreed
To be part of Westminster was our very need.
This action was purely to line their own purse,
To the people at large it was really a curse.

Since then we’ve been subjected to Westminster rule
And treated by some as if we were fools.
We’ve suffered insults and injustice, there is a long list,
The latest one being, we really don’t exist.

The tide is now turning, we are lifting this cloud,
To be the nation again of which we’re so proud.
Free, independent, with equality of thought
And to continue this union we will not be bought.

Let’s take this opportunity we now have at hand
To govern ourselves the way we know that we can
For all, no matter religion, colour, gender or creed
But with care and compassion, wherever the need.

We have wonderful resources both in man and in nature
So let’s use these resources and uplift our stature.
We don’t want world power, that’s not our end,
We just want to be SCOTLAND, an independent nation again.