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Ken Burch

(50,254 posts) Sat Sep 6, 2014, 06:15 PM Sep 2014

The Proclaimers-Cap in Hand(Yes Scotland)

A quick explanation as to why Scotland may well vote to become independent(and one of my favorite songs from the Eighties):

I could tell the meaning of a word like serene
I got some 'O' Grades when I was sixteen
I can tell the difference between margarine and butter
I can say "Saskatchewan" without starting to stutter

But I can't understand why we let someone else rule our land
Cap in hand

I could get a broken jaw from being in a fight
I know it's evening when day turns to night
I can understand why Stranraer lie so lowly
They could save a lot of points by signing Hibs Goalie

But I can't understand why we let someone else rule our land
Cap in hand

We fight when they ask us
We boast, then we cower
We beg for a piece of
What's already, what's, what's already
What's, what's already ours

We fight when they ask us
We boast, then we cower
We beg for a piece of
What's already, what's, what's already
What's, what's already ours

Once I thought I could make God a bribe
So I said I was in His lost tribe
Getting handouts can be so frustrating
"Get in line son, there's five million waiting"

I can't understand why you let someone else rule your land
Cap in hand
No, I can't understand why we let someone else rule our land
Cap in hand, cap in hand
No, I can't understand why you let someone else rule your land
Cap in hand, cap in hand, cap in hand, cap in hand

(note: Stanraer and "Hibs"-Hibernian, which plays in Edinburgh-are Scottish football teams).

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The Proclaimers-Cap in Hand(Yes Scotland) (Original Post) Ken Burch Sep 2014 OP

Had to have a wee smile at your avatar in context of this post! pkdu Sep 2014 #1

My avatar says yes to LABOR unions...not the preservation of the UK Ken Burch Sep 2014 #2

Surprisingly , I knew that...hence my smile. pkdu Sep 2014 #3

If the "Aye" prevails, though, it will be because the "Nae" ran a truly stupid and arrogant campaign Ken Burch Sep 2014 #4

Yes , mum and step-dad still live there, very opposed. pkdu Sep 2014 #6

Weird thing...as you know, of course, most of the "Unionists" in Northern Ireland Ken Burch Sep 2014 #7

I was checking to see if I was eligible for citizenship if Scotland finally won independence Turborama Sep 2014 #5

K&R for EXPOSURE! ReRe Sep 2014 #8

The song was actually from the Eighties, but it still stands up. Ken Burch Sep 2014 #9

pkdu

(3,977 posts)

1. Had to have a wee smile at your avatar in context of this post!

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Sat Sep 6, 2014, 07:10 PM

Sep 2014

Myself , I dont see it happening tho.

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)

2. My avatar says yes to LABOR unions...not the preservation of the UK

Reply to pkdu (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 6, 2014, 08:19 PM

Sep 2014

As Led Zeppelin once reminded us "....sometimes words have two meanings."
For example, the word"Republican" has a very different meaning in the UK than it has in the U.S.

BTW...did you see THIS?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014889877

pkdu

(3,977 posts)

3. Surprisingly , I knew that...hence my smile.

Reply to Ken Burch (Reply #2)

Sat Sep 6, 2014, 11:26 PM

Sep 2014

My heart says yes , in many ways....but..zero coherent answers on

Passports
Cost of new govt
National Defence
EU membership
Currency
NATO
What the fuck we do once oil runs out! ( I see its nice Gas and Oil...nice )
Tourism - most fly to England then travel north...oops.
Treaties that need ratified before much can happen
...the list goes on( this took 30 seconds)

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)

4. If the "Aye" prevails, though, it will be because the "Nae" ran a truly stupid and arrogant campaign

Reply to pkdu (Reply #3)

Sat Sep 6, 2014, 11:42 PM

Sep 2014

It tended to sound as if Cameron was just annoyed that some of the subjects were getting notions above their station.

Are you Scottish, btw?

The

pkdu

(3,977 posts)

6. Yes , mum and step-dad still live there, very opposed.

Reply to Ken Burch (Reply #4)

Sun Sep 7, 2014, 01:19 AM

Sep 2014

I lived there 25 years , after being born in N. Ireland to a Scottish mother.

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)

7. Weird thing...as you know, of course, most of the "Unionists" in Northern Ireland

Reply to pkdu (Reply #6)

Sun Sep 7, 2014, 01:36 AM

Sep 2014

are descended from Scots...from the "Ulster Plantation".

I wonder what THEY, as Scots-Irish, make of the fact that more and more Scots IN Scotland no longer want to be part of the political entity(the UK)they themselves have been obsessed with staying part of? Must be a bit weird for them to process this, methinks.

Turborama

(22,109 posts)

5. I was checking to see if I was eligible for citizenship if Scotland finally won independence

Reply to pkdu (Reply #3)

Sat Sep 6, 2014, 11:52 PM

Sep 2014

Sadly, not, as I hold a British passport but do not fit into any of the categories.

Here's the link...

http://www.yesscotland.net/answers/who-will-be-eligible-scottish-citizenship-independence-and-future

ReRe

(10,597 posts)

8. K&R for EXPOSURE!

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Sun Sep 7, 2014, 05:56 AM

Sep 2014

Quite a steppy ditty there for the Independence Campaign. When is all this going to go down, Mr Burch? I think I read somewhere "9-10" days or so? So much for the hand-wringers.
I say Go-For-It Scotland!

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)

9. The song was actually from the Eighties, but it still stands up.

Reply to ReRe (Reply #8)

Sun Sep 7, 2014, 07:12 AM

Sep 2014

The vote on the referendum is Thursday, September 18th. CSPAN will probably air the BBC coverage of the results, which will most likely be known in the early evening, Eastern time.

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