Caledonia (originally by Dougie MacLean) Thanks Dougie,hope you dont mind this rewrite. I still play with the Bodhran Beater you gave me so many years ago.All the best David Caledonia Revised I dont know if you can see Food Banks for Scots that so anger me In these last few years Ive been afraid Our wains may fade away Ive seen Fathers grieving,Mothers crying,wains so starved that I think theyre dying Westminters has its fill of lying So far away today Let me tell you that Ill VOTE YES Thats strong within my heart and mind Caledonia,you deserve more,now Im calling you Let me tell you about freedom, we can break Westminsters chains in two For the Union is slavery,its a broken reed, Come,put your slavery behind you,and give our women half a chance Caledonias got everything youll ever need Now Ive seen the oil and taxes moving From Scotland at Westminsters doing I have seen the shipyards slowly dying, the miners drift away I have seen them moved,families divided Whole community life eroded Yet still they come,the Westminster Toadies For more to take away Let me tell you that Ill VOTE YES Thats strong within my heart and mind Caledonia,you deserve more,now Im calling you Let me tell you about freedom, we can break Westminsters chains in two For the Union is slavery,its a broken reed, Come,put your slavery behind you,and give our women half a chance Caledonias got everything youll ever need Ive seen the NHS and their privatising Seen Breast Cancer rates exploding With Life Expectancy rates eroding Men dying at fiftyeight They have stolen dreams, yes, theres no denying Their Empire wars have seen our people dying And wheres their conscience: it is flying Somewhere in the wind Let me tell you that Ill VOTE YES Thats strong within my heart and mind Caledonia,you deserve more,now Im calling you Let me tell you about freedom, we can break Westminsters chains in two For the Union is slavery,its a broken reed, Come,put your slavery behind you,and give our women half a chance Caledonias got everything well ever need Now Im standing firm and my one desire Is to see my people rising higher Like Bruce,Like Wallace, hearts on fire To set our people free Im steady thinking, my way is clear I know what we all must do tomorrow VOTE YES at the Ballot Box And set our Scotland free Let me tell you that Ill VOTE YES Thats strong within my heart and mind Caledonia,you deserve more,now Im calling you Let me tell you about freedom, we can break Westminsters chains in two For the Union is slavery,its a broken reed, Come,put your slavery behind you,and give our women half a chance Caledonias got everything youll ever need Caledonias got everything youll ever need Caledonias got everything youll ever need Caledonias got everything youll ever need Here now is the Original by Dougie Caledonia (originally by Dougie MacLean) I dont know if you can see The changes that have come over me In these last few days Ive been afraid That I might drift away Ive been telling old stories, singing songs That make me think about where Ive come from Thats the reason why I seem So far away today [Chorus:] Let me tell you that I love you That I think about you all the time Caledonia, youre calling me, now Im going home But if I should become a stranger Know that it would make me more than sad Caledonias been everything Ive ever had Now I have moved and Ive kept on moving Proved the points that I needed proving Lost the friends that I needed losing Found others on the way I have kissed the fellas and left them crying Stolen dreams, yes, theres no denying I have traveled hard, sometimes with conscience flying Somewhere with the wind [Chorus] Now Im sitting here before the fire The empty room, the forest choir The flames have cooled, dont get any higher Theyve withered, now theyve gone But Im steady thinking, my way is clear And I know what I will do tomorrow When hands have shaken, the kisses float Then I will disappear [Chorus] Caledonias been everything Ive ever had Caledonias been everything Ive ever had Caledonias been everything Ive ever had
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