Scotland Is Part O' Bordeaux
Scottish music, song and dance in Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France.
The mountains, the sea, the forests and wild-life of the Aquitaine and of Scotland are akin.
Scotch Mist translates this affinity into music and dance blending in a miscellany of musical talents and integrating it with traditions from horizons oceans apart.
Story behind the song
I, like many others, choose to live out with my country of origin. That choice and the corresponding reasons are the powerful inspirations that led to the writing of "Scotland is part o' Bordeaux".
Martin Neish
Lyrics
SCOTLAND IS PART O' BORDEAUX
I took to the road in eighty-one,
With thatcher in power life held little fun,
I said to my friends, "That woman's a danger,
She'll ruin this country!”
But the national dragnet was well spun,
Wie, "Dinna be daft", ringin' in ma ears,
I headed south with the sun in my eyes,
Disguising the tears.
CHORUS
There are no more dreams of welcomes in the hillside,
And no more thoughts of freedom of a nation,
No longer tempted by running for home,
Now Scotland is part o' Bordeaux.
Well the Auld Alliance and Auld Lang Syne,
Took hold of my life while others carried the can,
Now two decades have passed and the quandary's still there,
"A nation again",
Wie "A man's a man",
But my step it is light and there's a joy in my heart,
For the dark thoughts inside me that shout back at reason,
Don't tear me apart.
CHORUS
The thoughts of a younger man still stand stead,
And on the stairway to dreams we're way way ahead,
But let's stop for a moment and think it through,
Put into perspective,
All that's been said,
Just a tiny wee nation wie fitba' in mind,
We sang and we danced we cursed when we lost,
And for me it was a welcome tae kin.
CHORUS
BRIDGE
A pacific army in tartan had come,
Their national identity sure confuses some,
There was no happy end to the story,
No going out in a blaze of glory,
But I don't give a damn it does my heart good to know.
CHORUS
REFRAIN
Il n'y a plus de reves de chateaux dans la brume,
Et plus aucun soucis pour les six nations,
Plus jamais tente de prendre mes affaires,
Car L'Ecosse fait partie de Bordeaux.
What GREAT ART>>>Just beautiful....>Drumnjon