The Scotland thit owns me

Scotland owns me
aye but which
shairley no the Scotlind
thit oan the slave trade
saw glesgae graw rich?
Naw...
The Scotlind thit owns me
isnae the one e

The Duke of Sutherland inhumanity
The Duke of Buccleuch elitism
Glencorse Napoleonic war camps
Highland Clearances
Massacre of Glencoe, of Tranent,of Killing Times
of intolerance of North Berwick witchtrials
deification e Stewart Kings,
bowfin Jacobite Divine rights e kings,
scunnert Gaelic suppression,
keech Act of Proscription 1746,
Dress act 1746 flumgummery,
The Battle e Culloden division,
Covenanter Fundamentalism,
Sectarian squabbles
Anglophobic bigotry
stickin' it tae the workers like 1606 'Anent Coalyers and Salters',
repression like the Battle of George Square
unequal pairtners ,awa yer Acts of Unions
or Union of Crowns.

Nah!
The Scotlind thit owns ma hert
is aewis the yin e

Proud defiance of the Declaration of Arbroath
man-kindness of the Declaration of Calton Hill.
the torch of justice in The Joseph Knight Court of Session decision.
grassroots like Red Clydeside
humble as John Maclean
Witty as Matt Mcginn
International as Hamish Henderson.
Bristles wi Reekie's pride, Occupy Edinburgh
resists in Edinburgh Against the Cuts
kens it's ain like thaim folk it, The Saltire Society
takes nae pish, ilka one fired like  Scottish Insurrection of 1820
 or the Timex Strike.
hus nae brook wi killing jist like at the Faslane Peace Camp.
feminist iz Elsie Inglis
free thinkin' like Margo Macdonald.
Hus a guid scottish tongue in it's heid like ma dear three Roberts  an no fergettin Helen Cruikshank,Marion and her sisters.
Doubtin' iz David Hume
rallyin' like ,Freedom Come All Ye.
funny iz Billy Connolly.
braw brained iz the roll caw e the Enlightenment scots
and smert,jist speirt
Wullie Smellie.
Adam Smith.
James Clerk Maxwell
Alexander Graham Bell
John Logie Baird.
Robert Brown
 James  Black
James Hutton... and maire!
Loyal iz Greyfriars Bobby.

That's the Scotlin thit owns me,
thit caws me, and thit ah'm in love wi.

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(Background notes)

It is not often mentioned that Glasgow grew rich on slavery.
The Duke of Sutherland -major figure in leading Highland clearances.
The Duke of Buccleuch -has vast landed estates.
Jacobite Divine rights of kings-it was the jacobite kings who formulated the divine right of kings.Hardly noble or worthy of romanticization.
Gaelic suppression- Gaelic culture esp the language was violently suppressed in Scotland and also Ireland.
Act of Proscription 1746-banned scots gaelic or bagpipes.
Dress act 1746 -banned kilts.
The Battle e Culloden division- saw highlanders fight lowlanders.
Covenanter Fundamentalism-Convenanters were a radical protestant sect.They were persecuted but it's no doubt true they were fanatics.
1606 'Anent Coalyers and Salters'- Act of the Scottish parliament which made miners and the like literal slaves of their masters.
the Battle of George Square- in the 1920s workers and ordinary people of glasgow protested and resisted ill treatment.Tanks were rolled out onto the streets.Goverment was very afraid.
Acts of Unions-unified Scotland and England 1707.
 Union of Crowns-unified the english and scottish crowns in 1606.



the Declaration of Arbroath-declared scottish independence and asked the pope to oppose the english.
the Declaration of Calton Hill- calls for a socialist scottish independent republic.
The Joseph Knight Court of Session decision-where Scottish courts found slavery unlawful!
 Red Clydeside- a label referring to a movement of workers resistance to conscriptionpoor work conditions and strikes again rent increases.
John Maclean- a working class socialist school teacher during Red Clydeside.
Matt Mcginn-folk singer who has funny songs.
Hamish Henderson-folk singer/poet who wrote about Italy and Africa.
The Saltire Society-aims to educate about scottish achievement and culture.
Scottish Insurrection of 1820- movement much like Chartism demanding suffrage and scottish independence.
 Faslane Peace Camp-camp opposed to nuclear weapons etc in Highlands.
 ma dear three Roberts  -Burns,Fergusson and Garioch.