Capercaillie Both Sides The Tweed Lyrics

Both Sides The Tweed Lyrics

What's the spring breathing jasmine and rose

 What's the summer with all its gay train

 What's the splendour of autumn to those

 Who've bartered their freedom for gain. 

 

 Let the love of our land's sacred rights

 To the love of our people succeed

 Let friendship and honour unite

 And flourish on both sides of the Tweed. 

 

 No sweetness the senses can cheer

 Which corruption and bribery bind

 No brightness the sun can e'er clear

 For honour's the sum of the mind. 

 

 Let virtue distinguish the brave

 Place riches in lowest degree

 Think them poorest who can be a slave

 Them richest who dare to be free