Does haughty Gaul invasion threat?
Then let the louns beware, Sir;
There's wooden walls upon our seas,
And volunteers on shore, Sir:
The Nith shall run to Corsincon,
And Criffel sink in Solway,
Ere we permit a Foreign Foe
On British ground to rally!
We'll ne'er permit a Foreign Foe
On British ground to rally!
O let us not, like snarling curs,
In wrangling be divided,
Till, slap! come in an unco loun,
And wi' a rung decide it!
Be Britain still to Britain true,
Amang ourselves united;
For never but by British hands
Maun British wrangs be righted!
No! never but by British hands
Shall British wrangs be righted!
The Kettle o' the Kirk and State,
Perhaps a clout may fail in't;
But deil a foreign tinkler loun
Shall ever ca'a nail in't.
Our father's blude the Kettle bought,
And wha wad dare to spoil it;
By Heav'ns! the sacrilegious dog
Shall fuel be to boil it!
By Heav'ns! the sacrilegious dog
Shall fuel be to boil it!
The wretch that would a tyrant own,
And the wretch, his true-born brother,
Who would set the Mob aboon the Throne,
May they be damn'd together!
Who will not sing "God save the King,"
Shall hang as high's the steeple;
But while we sing "God save the King,"
We'll ne'er forget The People!
But while we sing "God save the King,"
We'll ne'er forget The People!
robertburns.org
This was Burns' statement on the neocons of his day, the french republicans who at one point threatened to 'liberate' the british ..... this was the feeling of the same man who wrote Scots Wha Hae, not exactly a pan-british sentiment, it goes to show something, maybe that our species tends to prefer being invaded by our neighbours [but only four centuries on] - robertburns.org
Jorgito has also introduced legislation to have all dealings in precious metals recorded, so think about that before you load up on dinares .... couldn't see your link there, 'no está disponible' .... well, ¡Viva Robbie Burns!
[edit] - quite a good piece in nytimes.com, Robert Kagan, 'Tougher War For US is One of Legitimacy' -
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