Biography:
Brian McNeill is a multi-talent Scottish folk musician and song-writer. He was a founder member of Battlefield Band.
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Verse]
F G C
I was listening to the news the other day
F G C
I heard a fat politician who had the nerve to say
F G C
He was proud to be Scottish, by the way
F G C
With the glories of our past to remember
F G C
"Here's tae us, wha's like us", listen to the cry
F G C
No surrender to the truth and here's the reason why
F G C
The power and the glory's just another bloody lie
F G C
They use to keep us all in line
[Chorus]
F C F C
For there's no gods and there's precious few heroes
F C G
But there's plenty on the dole in the land o the leal
F C F C
And it's time now to sweep the future clear
F C G
Of the lies of a past that we know was never real
[Verse]
F G C
So farewell to the heather in the glen
F G C
They cleared us off once and they'd do it all again
F G C
For they still prefer sheep to thinking men
F G C
Ah, but men who think like sheep are even better
F G C
There's nothing much to choose between the old laird and the new
F G C
They still don't give a damn for the likes of me and you
F G C
Just mind you pay your rent to the factor when it's due
F G C
And mind your bloody manners when you pay!
[Chorus]
F C F C
For there's no gods and there's precious few heroes
F C G
But there's plenty on the dole in the land o the leal
F C F C
And it's time now to sweep the future clear
F C G
Of the lies of a past that we know was never real
[Verse]
F G C
And tell me will we never hear the end
F G C
Of puir bluidy Charlie at Culloden yet again?
F G C
Though he ran like a rabbit down the glen
F G C
Leavin better folk than him to be butchered
F G C
Or are you sittin in your Council house, dreamin o your clan?
F G C
Waiting for the Jacobites to come and free the land?
F G C
Try going down the broo with your claymore in your hand
F G C
And count all the Princes in the queue!
[Chorus]
F C F C
For there's no gods and there's precious few heroes
F C G
But there's plenty on the dole in the land o the leal
F C F C
And it's time now to sweep the future clear
F C G
Of the lies of a past that we know was never real
[Verse]
F G C
So don't talk to me of Scotland the Brave
F G C
For if we don't fight soon there'll be nothing left to save
F G C
Or would you rather stand and watch them dig your grave
F G C
While you wait for the Tartan Messiah?
F G C
He'll lead us to the Promised Land with laughter in his eye
F G C
We'll all live on the oil and the whisky by and by
F G C
Free heavy beer! Pie suppers in the sky! -
F G C
Will we never have the sense to learn?
[Last Chorus]
F C F C
That there's no gods and there's precious few heroes
F C G
But there's plenty on the dole in the land o the leal
F C F C
And I'm damned sure that there's plenty live in fear
F C G
Of the day we stand together with our shoulders at the wheel
Aye there's no Gods
F G C
I was listening to the news the other day
F G C
I heard a fat politician who had the nerve to say
F G C
He was proud to be Scottish, by the way
F G C
With the glories of our past to remember
F G C
"Here's tae us, wha's like us", listen to the cry
F G C
No surrender to the truth and here's the reason why
F G C
The power and the glory's just another bloody lie
F G C
They use to keep us all in line
[Chorus]
F C F C
For there's no gods and there's precious few heroes
F C G
But there's plenty on the dole in the land o the leal
F C F C
And it's time now to sweep the future clear
F C G
Of the lies of a past that we know was never real
[Verse]
F G C
So farewell to the heather in the glen
F G C
They cleared us off once and they'd do it all again
F G C
For they still prefer sheep to thinking men
F G C
Ah, but men who think like sheep are even better
F G C
There's nothing much to choose between the old laird and the new
F G C
They still don't give a damn for the likes of me and you
F G C
Just mind you pay your rent to the factor when it's due
F G C
And mind your bloody manners when you pay!
[Chorus]
F C F C
For there's no gods and there's precious few heroes
F C G
But there's plenty on the dole in the land o the leal
F C F C
And it's time now to sweep the future clear
F C G
Of the lies of a past that we know was never real
[Verse]
F G C
And tell me will we never hear the end
F G C
Of puir bluidy Charlie at Culloden yet again?
F G C
Though he ran like a rabbit down the glen
F G C
Leavin better folk than him to be butchered
F G C
Or are you sittin in your Council house, dreamin o your clan?
F G C
Waiting for the Jacobites to come and free the land?
F G C
Try going down the broo with your claymore in your hand
F G C
And count all the Princes in the queue!
[Chorus]
F C F C
For there's no gods and there's precious few heroes
F C G
But there's plenty on the dole in the land o the leal
F C F C
And it's time now to sweep the future clear
F C G
Of the lies of a past that we know was never real
[Verse]
F G C
So don't talk to me of Scotland the Brave
F G C
For if we don't fight soon there'll be nothing left to save
F G C
Or would you rather stand and watch them dig your grave
F G C
While you wait for the Tartan Messiah?
F G C
He'll lead us to the Promised Land with laughter in his eye
F G C
We'll all live on the oil and the whisky by and by
F G C
Free heavy beer! Pie suppers in the sky! -
F G C
Will we never have the sense to learn?
[Last Chorus]
F C F C
That there's no gods and there's precious few heroes
F C G
But there's plenty on the dole in the land o the leal
F C F C
And I'm damned sure that there's plenty live in fear
F C G
Of the day we stand together with our shoulders at the wheel
Aye there's no Gods
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