Dubliners - Parcel of Rogues lyrics

Farewell to all our Scottish way Farewell our ancient glory Farewell even to our Scottish name So famed in marshal story Now Sark over the Solway Firth And Tweed runs to the ocean To mark where England's Province stands Such a parcel of rogues in a nation What force or guile could not subdue Through many war-like ages Is wrought now by a coward few For hiring traders wages The English steel we could disdain Secured in Valor's station But we're bought and we're sold for English Gold Such a Parcel Of Rogues in a nation Oh would or I had seen the day That treason thus could sell us My old gray head had lyed in clay With Bruce and loyal Wallace But pith and power, till my last hour I'll make this declaration That we're bought and we're sold for English Gold Such a Parcel of Rogues In a nation