Rise Again
...Tak oor grund from beneath oor hurdies
Burn oor birches aside the lough,
Besmirch hard fecht fur freedom,
Dictating oor days tae come,
No from the pint o a gun,
Fae laws an promis...
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Categories:
scotsmen, anger, conflict, freedom, heartbreak,
Form: Dramatic Verse
The Other Battle of 1066
...The Other Battle of 1066
by Bob Moore © 2019
In 1066 Harald Hardrada, wanted the English throne
he sailed to York with many ships, to make this land his own
Harol...
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Categories:
scotsmen, history,
Form: Rhyme
The Scotsman
...A Scotsman who searched for a wife
was tired of his solitary life;
he dated a few,
before people knew
he rogered the cattle in Fife...
for Charles' contest
apologies to any Scotsmen!...
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Categories:
scotsmen, animal,
Form: Limerick
An Independant Scotland
...AN INDEPENDENT SCOTLAND? (Or, Beware The English)
by Damian on June 15, 2014. © Damian Cranney, All rights reserved
An independent Scotland,
That will do just fine,
We no longer have to listen
...
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Categories:
scotsmen, england, farewell, freedom, friendship,
Form: Verse
And I Cried Like a Girl
...And I cried like a girl
when a body is pulled out of a river, or
the sea,” it’s just like a big piece of soap”
my dad told me, a police-man for thirty years
who battled drunken Scotsmen and th...
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Categories:
scotsmen, dad, death, mum,
Form: Free verse
Scotsmen
...SCOTSMEN
Though it be strange enough to the rest
For music to soothe the savage breast
Those who choose bagpipes would be Scottish
Strange breed those guys north of the border
Only they wou...
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Categories:
scotsmen, funny,
Form: Verse
A Song of Redemption
...Arrested in faluered acts of inslavement
Parted from friends in family like vousledge
Isolated to a small room conjecting my sworn birth right
With in these wall speak true play of gradagan
merti...
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Categories:
scotsmen, black african american, life,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Free Song
...I see my flag unfurl
In the cold North wind it curls
Against the evening backdrop of the Edinburgh sky
So with the skirl of pipes
And the rhythmic beat of drum
Down the Royal mile the loyal Sc...
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Categories:
scotsmen, angst, devotion, faith, forgiveness,
Form: I do not know?