some say we’re no an island
that Britannia is
but Hadrian made an island
oot a wall that wis
trying tae save themselves
but then we were anither isle
beyond the which
nae Roman hero inclines
the real isle north
was carved by Antonine
tae keep us warriors oot
and keep the gentle in
savage tae the above
damnonii tae the sooth
ne’er the twa tae love
til Saint Columba tamed oor snake
that coiled aroon us free
north o the Tay
leaving an island of peace
in its Gaelic wake
Highland