Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Rank And Roses, artist - Dougie MacLean. Album song Indigenous, in the genre Date of issue: 30.11.1991
Record label: Dunkeld
Song language: English
Rank And Roses |
| They worked through wind and rain |
| To keep the roof above our heads |
| Humbled time and time again |
| What could they do? |
| They crawled across your floors |
| To keep and clean your houses |
| Broken wounds and open sores |
| What could they do? |
| A little respect would have helped them through |
| We are our father’s dreams |
| We are our mother’s pride and joy |
| And we will be the ones |
| To tell you now that it’s over |
| You have no hold on us |
| Like the fear you laid on them |
| We are the seeds they grew |
| It’s we that you must answer to |
| Occasion in the village hall |
| She speaks with rank and roses |
| So high above them all |
| What could they do? |
| He struts with dog and gun |
| They scramble through a heather hell |
| Beat the ground until they run |
| What could they do? |
| A little respect would have helped them through |
| We are our father’s dreams |
| We are our mother’s pride and joy |
| And we will be the ones |
| To tell you now that it’s over |
| You have no hold on us |
| Like the fear you laid on them |
| We are the seeds they grew |
| It’s we that you must answer to |