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Michael McGrory from west DonegalYou came to Glasgow with nothing at allYou fought the landlord then the Afrika korps When you came to Glasgow with nothing at allAbraham Caplan from Vilnius you cameYou were heading for New York but Leith's where you've stayedYou built a great business which benefits allSince you came to this land with nothing at allIn Scotland's story I read that they cameThe Gael and the Pict, the Angle and DaneBut so did the Irishman, Jew and UkraineThey're all Scotland's Story and they're all worth the sameJoseph D'Angelo dreams of the daysWhen Italian kids in the Grassmarket playedWe burned out his shop when the boys went to warBut auld Joe's a big man and he forgave allIn Scotland's story I'm told that they cameThe Gael and the Pict, the Angle and DaneBut where's all the Chinese and Indian names?They're in my lands story and they're all worth the sameChristina McKay, I learned of your nameSongtexteHow you travelled south from Delny one dayYou raised a whole family in one room they sayAnd the X on the line stands in place of your nameSo in the old story I'll bet that I cameFrom Gael and Pict and Angle and DaneAnd a poor migrant girl who could not write her nameIt's a common old story but it's mine just the sameAll through the story the immigrants cameThe Gael and the Pict, the Angle and DaneFrom Pakistan, England and from the UkraineWe're all Scotland's story and we're all worth the sameYour Scotland's story is worth just the same Aus Songtexte Mania