The Stone of Destiny

In 1296 Under Edward the first Our destiny was stolen My country cursed In 1328 There were talks of it's return For six more centuries We would wait and yearn On Christmas day In 1950 Four Scottish students Decided to shift thee A plot was in motion To take back our stone Return it to Scotland For it should never have roamed From West Minster Abbey Our stone was retaken Returned back up north To a country forsaken They returned to the church This great stone of the Scots To Arbroath Abbey From a time so fraught The police in London Were informed of it's location It was eventually returned To the original thieving nation In 1996 In a symbolic response To the dissatisfaction of Scots Our political taunts For on November the 15th 1996 We met on our border Our eyes transfixed Of red sandstone With iron rings For upon who sits A new monarch it brings This block of stone And where it lies It's in Edinburgh castle Where our proud saltire flies Back home Where it was meant to be Historical Scotland's Stone of Destiny Stolen by Scotland's children for the future of Scotland's children. There is talk of it's return south of the border for the next coronation? I very much doubt us Scot's will tolerate this request. http://www.thehighlanderspoems.com/scotland.php