Scotlands Story

D                      G     A
Michael McGrory from west Donegal
D                        A          D
He came to Glasgow with nothing at all
                                G         A
He fought the landlord then the Africa Korps
     D                       A            D
When he came to Glasgow with nothing at all

[Verse 2]
D                    G       A
Abraham Caplan from Vilnius you came
          D                        A                   D
You were heading for New York but Leith's where you've stayed
                                  G       A
You built a great business which benefits all
      D                          A           D
Since you came to this land with nothing at all

[Chorus]
G                      D
In Scotland's story I read that they came
    A                       D
The Gael and the Pict, the Angle and Dane
     G                    D         A
But so did the Irishman, Jew and Ukraine
         D                                A           D
They're all Scotland's Story and they're all worth the same

[Verse 3]
D                G             A
Joseph D'Angelo dreams of the days
      D                   A           D
When Italian kids in the Grassmarket played
                                G            A
We burned out his shop when the boys went to war
    D                        A           D
But auld Joe's a big man and he forgave all

[Chorus]
G                      D
In Scotland's story I read that they came
    A                       D
The Gael and the Pict, the Angle and Dane
     G                    D         A
But so did the Irishman, Jew and Ukraine
         D                                A           D
They're all Scotland's Story and they're all worth the same

[Verse 4]
    D                G             A
Christina McKay, I learned of your name
    D                        A         D
How you travelled south from Delny one day
                              G            A
You raised a whole family in one room they say
        D                       A             D
And the X on the line stands in place of your name

[Chorus]
G                         D
So in the old story I'll bet that I came
    A                   D
From Gael and Pict and Angle and Dane
     G                             D            A
And a poor migrant girl who could not write her name
        D                          A             D
It's a common old story but it's  mine just the same

G                         D
All through the story the immigrants came
    A                     D
The Gael and the Pict, the Angle and Dane
     G                      D        A
From Pakistan, England and from the Ukraine
      D                        A                   D
We're all Scotland's story and we're all worth the same

D                         A             D
Your Scotland's story is worth just the same