We paddle in oor forefathers’ tears
holding the broadswords they’d handed
doon the centuries.
Politiking tore them from us
so stand we naked an’ stranded
in fear an’ awe o’ democracy
liking it or not
has it a’ come doon tae this?
The yea or the nae o’ it?
This politiking kicks history into the fires
and leaves us with pig ore and ash
twa enemies in Alba’s quern;
whilst all we should seek for is peace
and for us to be thegither because
ye see we’re a’ Jock Tomson’s bairns
whither we like it or not
has it a’ come doon tae this?
The yea or the nae o’ it?
‘Tis this land that maks us who we are
nae the poltiking and the crazy
o’ either a yea or a nae
this much is true tae say
in Alba if we are free
there is always a ‘maybe’