Bagpipes And Bandoliers
Single 6:09Song Description: Some cultural icons like the Scottish bagpipes have an important place in the encouragement of that country’s warriors
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Lyrics:
Yo, laddies some mindful thoughts!
If ya got a drop a’ Scottish arunnin’ in yer veins
What is it that stimulates the manliness you claim?
Could it be the haggis that yer mammy used to fix
that’s got yer loins a’stirrin’, puts the
stiffness in yer sticks?
Methinks you’ve missed the boat that should be floatin’ on yer lochs
when what yer really after cannae come from any box.
It’s got to be the proper instrument to tent yer socks
not just the hands a-spinnin’ on yer mini-mousey clocks.
Don’t bother lookin’ somewhere else to fit the task you’ve got.
The answer’s right in front of you, there’s nothing to be bought.
You’ve heard it played for many years, in battles that were fought.
It’s never been a stranger to a soldier that’s a Scot.
So take it from the case and grip the chanter as you should.
Be sure of what yer doin’, it’s not just a piece ‘a wood.
Manipulate the blowpipe so it’s not far from yer lips,
and squeeze the bloody bag which you hold snug above yer hips.
Oh the sound that emanates from that thing you call yer bitch
is a wonderment to any Jock who’s ever done a hitch
with the Royals or the Borderers, perchance even the Watch.
You’d fight anything in front of you, not needing any Scotch.
There will always be a station for the ones who would defend,
when our country’s bein’ challenged in a way that’s sure to end,
like the Irish simply put it, in a donnybrook, my friend.
Thank the Lord for their endeavors. They will never be condemned.
So keep the pipes a pipin’, and yer kilts all fresh and clean,
‘cuz the way the times are goin’ could be soon that things turn mean.
Since we’ll need the help of all our friends to hold the center true
keep yer bagpipes o’er yer bandoliers. and meanwhile I will, too.
Keep yer bagpipes over yer bandoliers.
Yer bagpipes over yer bandoliers…
The bagpipes over yer bandoliers…
The rest of us will, too.
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