ROGUES AND VAGABONDS
Iain Ingram

In every century
men o’ destiny
wi thoughts beyond their time
hae been the guiding lights
in the darkness
though few forever shine

Even though they fade away
it’s the legacy
they leave that will endure
and the world is a better place
through the hardship
and suffering o’ Thomas Muir

          Chorus
       Rogues and Vagabonds hae seen their day
          the seeds o’ bitterness are blown away
       but the seed he planted will bloom forever
          and flourish in the cauldest clay

A revolution in -
constitutional change
was a’ he planned
ne’er a wild uprising or
o bloody battle
he’d stomach for the rights of man

Mair an education wi
quiet persuasion
and a voice for silent men
but an agitator tae
men o’ title
a thorn within thir rosy den

    Chorus

Frae the fairms and cotton mills
ower the Campsie hills
the bleaching fields and a’
tae a tryst o’ working men
Intermingled
Wi sleekit yins wha’d see him fa’

Weel paid infiltrators, these
mischief makers
oot tae justify thir fee
and thir accusations brought
ruination tae martyrs banished ower the sea

      Chorus