Intro: verse 1: Fareweel tae a' oor Scottish fame Fareweel oor ancient glory Fareweel e'en tae oor Scottish name Sae famed in the martial story verse 2: Noo Sark runs o'er the Solway Sands And Tweed runs tae the ocean Tae mark where England's province stands Such a parcel of rogues in a nation verse 3: What force or guile could ne'er subdue Through many warlike ages__ Is wrought now by a coward few For hireling traitors wages verse 4: The English steel we could disdain Secure in our valour's station But English gold has been oor bane Such a parcel of rogues in a nation VERSE 5: Oh, would or I had seen the day That treason thus could fell us My auld grey heid had lain in clay Wi' Bruce and loyal Wallace VERSE 6: But pith and power, till my last hour I'll mak' this declaration We are bought and sold for English gold Such a parcel of rogues in a nation OUTRO:
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