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46 SONGS OF SCOTLAND.
Farewell to a' our Scottish fame,
Farewell our ancient glory ;
Farewell ev'n to the Scottish name,
Sae famed in ancient story !
Now Sark rins ower the Solway sands,
And Tweed rins to the ocean,
To mark where England's province stands
Such a parcel of rogues in a nation !
What force or guile could not subdue,
Through many warlike ages,
Is wrought now by a coward few,
For hireling traitors' wages.
The English steel we could disdain,
Secure in valour's station ;
But English gold has been our bane :
Such a parcel of rogues in a nation !
I would, ere I had seen the day,
That treason thus could sell us,
My auld gray head had lain in clay,
Wi' Bruce and loyal Wallace !
But pith and power, to my last hour
I '11 make this declaration,
We 're bought and sold for English gold :
Such a parcel of rogues in a nation !
THE WEE, WEE GERMAN LAIRDIE.
The Scottish Jacobites affected to consider the line chosen in
the act of succession as one of very poor account among European
sovereignties. George, the elector of Hanover, was, in their
esteem, but a small squire, in comparison with the old race of
monarchs whom he superseded. A song pouring unsparing
derision upon him under the name of The JFee, Wee German