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 immigrants came

The Gael and the Pict, the Angle and Dane

From Pakistan, England and from the Ukraine

We're all Scotland's story and we're all worth the same

Your Scotland's story is worth just the same