Parcel o' Rogues

Описание: Robbie Burns song, "Parcel O' Rogues" (Roud # 5516), performed by Canadian folk musician Jesse Ferguson. Chords and lyrics below.

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Sic a Parcel o’ Rogues in a Nation
(Burns, arrang. J. Ferguson, Dec. 2013)

Intro: Em Em7 EmaddC

V1.
Em C G
Fareweel tae a' oor Scottish fame,
Am Bm Em
fareweel oor ancient glory.
Em C G
Fareweel e'en tae the Scottish name
Am Bm Em
sae famed in martial story.
G D Em G D
Noo Sark rins ower the Solway sands,
Em D C Em
an' Tweed rins tae the ocean
G D Em G C
tae mark where England's province stands:
G D Am Em
sic a parcel o' rogues in a nation.

V2.
What force or guile could not subdue
through many warlike ages
is wrought now by a coward few
for hireling traitors’ wages.
The English steel we could disdain
secure in valour’s station,
but English gold has been our bane:
sic a parcel o’ rogues in a nation.

Interlude: Em Em7 EmaddC

V3.
Or would, ere I had seen the day
when treason thus could sell us,
my auld grey head had lain in clay
wi’ Bruce and loyal Wallace.
But pith and power ‘till my last hour;
I’ll mak this declaration:
we are bought and sold for English gold.
Sic a parcel o’ rogues in a nation.

Coda:
We are bought and sold for English gold.*
Sic a parcel o’ rogues in a nation.

*Hold final “gold.”