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The fight for independence has begun

The stand against the English tyranny

Moray and Wallace lead us into battle

The struggle of the Scots to be free

Spearmen and archers, horsemen and knights

On Abbey Craig’s high ground we take our stand

The English soldiers advance on our position

They fight for their wages, we fight for our land

We stand across the Forth bearing arms

The single narrow bridge our foe tries to cross

We let half of them reach the soggy grounds

Before our steel will cause them many a loss

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Blood will flow

Let the river run red

Blood will flow

Let the river run red

Our first charge meets the enemy head

Our second will cut off their desperate retreat

We are outnumbered but our hearts are steel

On this day we will achieve a glorious feat

We slaughter the English faster than they cross

And under their weight we see the bridge give way

Many soldiers drown, their army now in chaos

With arrow, sword and spear many a foe we slay

Some English still push forward, others do retreat

Their cavalry is powerless on the marshy field

Relentless we strike against the hated enemy

On this day we demonstrate that we will never yield

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The retreating soldiers run into our schiltrons

Our mighty pikes and poles obstruct their flight

Mercilessly we drive them back into the river

Now the English know the Scots’ defiant might

The battle now is over and a great victory is ours

Soon all the foe’s strongholds in Scotland will fall

A streak of victories will make Wallace a myth

Many of our countrymen will heed freedom’s call

The long fight for sovereignty has only just begun

From wounds sustained on this field Moray will die

Eight years from now Wallace drawn and quartered

But even his death will not smother our freedom cry

The wars of independence will go on for sixty years

A valiant struggle for self-determination

Many take up arms to fight the English tyrant

The battle of today to be a lasting inspiration

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