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For centuries the Dukes of Argyll played a central role in Scottish
politics and held direct sway over large swaths of the Highlands.
But as in other parts of the Highlands, many people from
Argyllshire were evicted, forced off the land into urban poverty
or exile. Lyrics by W.O.C. and published in the Celtic Magazine
(1883).
lyrics
Those straths and glens, with waving ferns, where sheep and lambs now stray,
Could muster at the pibroch sound, to forage or to fray,
Five thousand of the bravest men, e'er stood in rank and file,
To do the bidding of their chief, or die for old Argyll.
Alas ! where are those heroes now, uprooted from the soil !
Some driven off to other lands, some to our towns to toil.
Now, should the " Fiery Cross " go round, by vale or mountain steep,
Those straths and glens might well resound " Put red coats on your sheep."
Great God on high, whose mighty eye looks down on all below,
Whose ear is open to the cry, the patriot's cry of woe,
Why should Thine own eternal laws, who did creation plan,
And formed us like Thy very self, man like his fellow-man,
Be broken by a selfish few, who claim the lion's share,
And drive poor mortals from the soil, while there is room to spare ;
Ho ! spirits of the mighty dead breathe down upon your bones,
Till ghastly hosts, with martial tread, shake parliaments and thrones.
Arise, ye sons of noble sires awake, shake off your slumber,
Blow Freedom's spark until it fires, and rolls in awful thunder
From end to end of Britain's Isle, from platform and from press,
Till Lords and Commons grant just laws, and cruel wrongs redress.
Scottish singer songwriter Alan Dickson was born in Leith but now based in Glasgow. Alan writes about life in Scotland and
beyond, mainly of a personal and political nature.
Descended from a Leith docker, he remarks: "as life mimics art I'm just like my grandfather, only he used a rivet gun and I use a guitar."
Among his influences are Robert Burns, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan and Dick Gaughan....more
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