Scotland's Story “We're all Scotland's story and we're all worth the same” Beautiful words from this song, we loved it so much that we decided to call our latest record Scotland's Story and name the 2021/2022 theater shows after this album. It is also a little personal to David Myles, as some people might know his father is from Scotland, so part of his story started there. So now we have haggis and bagpipes in the Netherlands. In the words of William, Scotland welcomes everyone and everyone contributes to the story of Scotland. Everyone contributes to the culture of Scotland in every possible way, Haggis is no longer just the national dish, William enjoyed Pizza and Shawarma there. Background Information Scotland's Story Originally by The Proclaimers, a version of this song was played at Nelson Mandela's 1993 welcome to the city of Glasgow after this release from prison. He was given the symbolic keys to the city 12 years earlier in 1981 while still in prison. The special visit was a wonderfull occasion for much singing and dancing, the dancing was done by Nelson Mandela himself on stage at a rally for freedom. Nelson Mandela's Welcome to the city of Glasgow is the tune we are playing on the bagpipes at the end of the song. A totally brilliant tune by Blair Douglas who was a founder member of Runrig. We connected the lyrics by the Proclaimers by accident to this tune and we ended up with a wonderfull song and a great story. Lyrics Scotland's Story Michael McGrory from west Donegal You came to Glasgow with nothing at all You fought the landlord then the Africa Korps When you came to Glasgow with nothing at all Abraham Caplan from Vilnius you came You were heading for New York but Leith's where you've stayed You built a great business which benefits all Since you came to this land with nothing at all In Scotland's story I read that they came The Gael and the Pict, the Angle and Dane But so did the Irishman, Jew and Ukraine They're all Scotland's story and they're all worth the same Joseph D'Angelo dreams of the days When Italian kids in the Grassmarket played We burned out his shop when the boys went to war But auld Joe's a big man and he forgave all In Scotland's story I'm told that they came The Gael and the Pict, the Angle and Dane But where's all the Chinese and Indian names? They're in my land's story and they're all worth the same Christina McKay, I learned of your name How you traveled south from Delny one day You raised a whole family in one room they say And the X on the line stands in place of your name So in the old story I'll bet that I came From Gael and Pict and Angle and Dane And a poor migrant girl who could not write her name It's a common old story but it's mine just the same All through the story the immigr ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1mt667AFos

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Our last Patron favourite from the Hoogezand livestream is Dunmore Lassies. Such an amazing tune and the low D whistle really is a beautiful instrument. It's also one of David's favourite to play! Support us and watch the complete live streams: https://rapalje.com/stream/ Help us out keeping festivals and bookers survive: https://rapalje.com/gofundme Become part of the Rapalje Patron family and help us choose your favourite livestream songs every week: https://www.patreon.com/rapalje_celtic_folk_music Get yourself some amazing merchandise: https://rapalje.com/shop/ #rapalje #dunmorelassies #folkmusic #beeasyandfree #celticmusic #stillintofolk ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQC6Pd8pjrg