Scotland`s Story Lyrics

Scotland`s Story lyrics

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