Scotland Be Brave Poem by Damian Cranney

This is a variation with some extra verse on my poem Scotland the Brave.I hope the the differences are acceptable to repost.

Scotland Be Brave

Scotland oh! Scotland,
What have we done to thee,
That thou should'st want to part
When brothers both are we.

Have we not fought for freedoms sake,
side by bloody side,
And have we not shed both our blood,
in mutual victorious pride.

What do we say, to those who laid,
there lives down for our future,
Do we not owe it to the past
to, keep the bonds that bind us fast,

Should we not celebrate,
The differences that make us great,
And that together, unity,
is both our destiny and fate.

Would the square at Waterloo have held '
if tartan had been absent,
If the fife and drums, in solitary refrain,
had no the pipes' to vent,

Would Sevastopol still hold the walls,
and would we be outside them,
We've been over The top. under the wire,
together we've suffered enemy fire.

The enemy now are those,
who have, an interest in disunion,
'Divide and conquer', 'fan the hate',
Let's hope to God it's not too late,

Let us have faith in common sense,
Stop balancing, on that unsafe fence,
Together we punch above our weight,
The union ensures, we will always be great.


We will forever be, a unique constitution,
Breaking with Europe is just restitution,
Staying conjoined in mutual respect,
With friendship and trust and time to reflect.


Do not let the wee lassie with evil intent,
Deviate the future, we now have been lent,
Do not let her vandalise, divert or destroy,
The gift of freedom that we now can deploy.