Singing Scotland's Future and Past

John Robertson

Inspired by the words of the Treaty of Arbroath 1320 AD.

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Lyrics:

In Thirteen Twenty we had it written by men of God

In a place where a mighty river meets the German sea

And sent to The Holy Father, the Bishop of Rome

To affirm we are not subject to the lordship of England

Power to the people we were among the first to call

Our king is chosen by the people and not by the Lord

If he does not defend us well we may choose another

Power to the people the land and the waters are ours

We told him we would not give up our freedom

That it’s not for glory nor riches nor honours

Like any honest man we fight only for freedom

And will fight to the end to the last man for it

Power to the people we were among the first to call

Our king is chosen by the people and not by the Lord

If he does not defend us well we may choose another

Power to the people the land and the waters are ours

We have been a people for a thousand years

Longer than our neighbours who would end us

We have fought for our border longer than any

But in 1707 were betrayed by our own

Power to the people we were among the first to call

Our king is chosen by the people and not by the Lord

If he does not defend us well we may choose another

Power to the people the land and the waters are ours

In 1745 we tried for the last time to break the Union

Defeated robbed burned and cast to distant parts

For many years our words and ways despised

Our hopes have lain low in a world of their lies

Power to the people we were among the first to call

Our king is chosen by the people and not by the Lord

If he does not defend us well we may choose another

Power to the people the land and the waters are ours

But now, as the Empire fades, we remember

We are not the same, we want a better world

Away from the hard edges of their cruel ways

Back to the freedoms we claimed by the German Sea

Power to the people we were among the first to call

Our king is chosen by the people and not by the Lord

If he does not defend us well we may choose another

Power to the people the land and the waters are ours