Parcel O' Rogues Lyrics - Burns Robert

Parcel o' Rogues 

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Fareweel to a' oor Scottish fame 

Fareweel oor ancient glory 

Fareweel even tae oor Scottish name 

Sae famed in martial story 

Noo Sark runs o'er the Solway sands 

Tweed runs tae the ocean 

Tae mark wher 

e England's province stands 

Such a parcel o' rogues in a nation 

What force or guile could not subdue 

Through many wor-like ages 

Is rocked now by the coward few 

For hireling traitor's wages 

The English steel we could disdain 

Secure in valou 

r's station 

But English gold has been oor bane 

Such a parcel o' rogues in a nation 

O would or I had seen the day 

That treason thus would sell us 

My old grey heid had lain in clay 

Wi' Bruce and loyal Wallace 

But pith and power till my last 

hour 

I'll mak' this declaration 

We are bought and sold for English gold 

Such a parcel o' rogues in a nation 

[ Written by Robert Burns as a protest against the Act of Union, 1707, which 

joined the parliaments of England and Scotland. Although initially against 

the Act, the Scottish parliament soon agreed when offered a large pension 

each by the English government. The people had no say, and thus were 

'bought and sold for English gold'. They are still paying the price. ]