The Proclaimers – Scotlands Story (Guitar)

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Michael McGrory from west Donegal

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You came to Glasgow with nothing at all

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You fought the landlord then the Africa Korps

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When you came to Glasgow with nothing at all

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Abraham Caplan from Vilnius you came

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You were heading for New York but Leith's where you've stayed

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You built a great business, it benefits all

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Since you came to this land with nothing at all

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In Scotland's story I read that they came

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The Gael and the Pict, the Angle and Dane

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But so did the Irishman, Jew and Ukraine

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They're all Scotland's Story and they're all worth the same

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Joseph D'Angelo dreams of the days

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When Italian kids in the Grassmarket played

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We burned out his shop when the boys went to war

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But auld Joe's a big man and he forgave all

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In Scotland's story I'm told that they came

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The Gael and the Pict, the Angle and Dane

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But where's all the Chinese and Indian names?

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They're in my land's story and they're all worth the same

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Christina McKay, I learned of your name

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How you travelled south from Delny one day

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You raised a whole family in one room they say

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And the X on the line stands in place of your name

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So in the old story I'll bet that I came

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From Gael and Pict and Angle and Dane

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And a poor migrant girl who could not write her name

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It's a common old story but it's  mine just the same

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All through the story the immigrants came

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The Gael and the Pict, the Angle and Dane

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From Pakistan, England and from the Ukraine

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We're all Scotland's story and we're all worth the same

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Your Scotland's story is worth just the same