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PROCLAIMERS lyrics : "Scotland's Story"

Michael McGrory from west Donegal
You came to Glasgow with nothing at all
You fought the landlord then the Afrika 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 land's 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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