
Date of issue: 30.06.2013
Record label: Chrysalis
Song language: English
Scotland's Story |
Michael McGrory from west Donegal |
You came to Glasgow with nothing at all |
You fought the landlord then the Africa Korps |
When you came to Glasgow with nothing at all |
Abraham Caplan from Vilnius you came |
You were heading for New York but Leith’s where you’ve stayed |
You built a great business which benefits all |
Since you came to this land with nothing at all |
In Scotland’s story I read that they came |
The Gael and the Pict, the Angle and Dane |
But so did the Irishman, Jew and Ukraine |
They’re all Scotland’s Story and they’re all worth the same |
Joseph D’Angelo dreams of the days |
When Italian kids in the Grassmarket played |
We burned out his shop when the boys went to war |
But auld Joe’s a big man and he forgave all |
In Scotland’s story I’m told that they came |
The Gael and the Pict, the Angle and Dane |
But where’s all the Chinese and Indian names? |
They’re in my lands story and they’re all worth the same |
Christina McKay, I learned of your name |
How you travelled south from Delny one day |
You raised a whole family in one room they say |
And the X on the line stands in place of your name |
So in the old story I’ll bet that I came |
From Gael and Pict and Angle and Dane |
And a poor migrant girl who could not write her name |
It’s a common old story but it’s mine just the same |
All through the story the immigrants came |
The Gael and the Pict, the Angle and Dane |
From Pakistan, England and from the Ukraine |
We’re all Scotland’s story and we’re all worth the same |
Your Scotland’s story is worth just the same |
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I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) | 2002 |
I'm Gonna Be 500 Miles | 1992 |
Over And Done With | 1990 |
Life With You | 2013 |
There's A Touch | 2002 |
Then I Met You | 1993 |
King Of The Road | 2002 |
Sunshine on Leith | 2013 |
Throw The 'R' Away | 2002 |
Sweet Joy ft. The Proclaimers, Michael Wojas | 2007 |
Notes & Rhymes | 2008 |
Whole Wide World | 2006 |
Letter From America | 2013 |
Cap In Hand | 2002 |
What Makes You Cry | 2002 |
The Doodle Song | 2002 |
What Do You Do | 1993 |
Let's Get Married | 2002 |
Oh Jean | 2002 |