John Robertson
A song inspired by the East Kilbride engineers who kept half of General Pinochet’s bombers on the ground and save many lives in Chile.
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Lyrics:
From the city of Saint Bride to the streets of Saint James
As the leaves fell in 1973 we watched our engines roar
In the skies over Santiago they worked to help bomb a people’s palace
From a country where the people have a say they were sold to a Nazi
His men killed and tortured many thousands, trade unionists like us
From the city of Saint Bride to the streets of Saint James we would not let them go
He wanted the engines we made for planes to murder his very own people
From the city of Saint Bride to the streets of Saint James we denied Maggie Thatcher
She wanted to help the fascist killer General impose his dark and evil will
When we saw that they were soon bound for murder in the streets
We marked them black and none would make them ready to go
They lay rusting as Thatcher fumed and worked to help the bastards
When they were stolen by dark forces they would not ever fly
From the city of Saint Bride to the streets of Saint James we would not let them go
He wanted the engines we made for planes to murder his very own people
From the city of Saint Bride to the streets of Saint James we denied Maggie Thatcher
She wanted to help the fascist killer General impose his dark and evil will
We kept half of his bomber on the ground to save the lives of many
We live to this day proud to have done what we could
Like our ancestors who went to fight General Franco
We were a part of what make Scotland the brave
From the city of Saint Bride to the streets of Saint James we would not let them go
He wanted the engines we made for planes to murder his very own people
From the city of Saint Bride to the streets of Saint James we denied Maggie Thatcher
She wanted to help the fascist killer General impose his dark and evil will
Singing Scotland's Future and Past 
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