{"id":1201,"date":"2002-07-26T19:23:13","date_gmt":"2002-07-26T19:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/?p=1201"},"modified":"2021-02-12T21:47:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T21:47:40","slug":"hamish-henderson-obe-declined-1919-2002","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/republicancommunist.org\/blog\/2002\/07\/26\/hamish-henderson-obe-declined-1919-2002\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamish Henderson (OBE declined) 1919-2002"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hamish Henderson, folklorist, poet, Scottish internationalist and socialist died on March 3rd this year. In the year of the golden jubilee, it is worth remembering that Hamish turned down an OBE<\/acronym> in 1983. Whilst Scotland\u2019s semi-official nationalist anthem, Flower of Scotland<\/cite>, is sung by Princess Anne at Scottish rugby matches, Hamish\u2019s internationalist anthem, Freedom Come All Ye<\/cite> ranks with Burns\u2019 A Man\u2019s a Man<\/cite> as one of the great anthems written for all humankind.<\/p>\n

Freedom Come Aa Ye<\/span> (Scots)<\/h3>\n

Roch the win i the clear day\u2019s dawin<\/span>
\nBlaws the clouds heilster-gowdie owre the bay<\/span>
\nBut there\u2019s mair nor a roch win blawin<\/span>
\nThro the Great Glen o the warl the day<\/span>
\nIt\u2019s a thocht that wad gar our rottans<\/span>
\nAa thae rogues that gang gallus fresh an gay<\/span>
\nTak the road an seek ither loanins<\/span>
\nWi thair ill-ploys tae sport an play<\/span><\/p>\n

Nae mair will our bonnie callants<\/span>
\nMerch tae war whan our braggarts crousely craw<\/span>
\nNor wee weans frae pitheid an clachan<\/span>
\nMurn the ships sailin doun the Broomielaw<\/span>
\nBroken faimilies in launs we\u2019ve hairriet<\/span>
\nWill curse \u2018Scotlan the Brave\u2019 nae mair, nae mair<\/span>
\nBlack an white ane-til-ither mairriet<\/span>
\nMak the vile barracks o thair maisters bare<\/span><\/p>\n

Sae come aa ye at hame wi freedom<\/span>
\nNever heed whit the houdies croak for Doom<\/span>
\nIn yer hous aa the bairns o Adam<\/span>
\nWill fin breid, barley-bree an paintit room<\/span>
\nWhan MacLean meets wi\u2019s friens in Springburn<\/span>
\nAa thae roses an geeans will turn tae blume<\/span>
\nAn a black laud frae yont Nyanga<\/span>
\nDings the fell gallows o the burghers doun.<\/span><\/p>\n

Freedom Come All Ye (English)<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s a rough wind in the clear day\u2019s dawning
\nBlows the clouds head-over-heels across the bay
\nBut there\u2019s more than a rough wind blowing
\nThrough the Great Glen of the world today
\nIt\u2019s a thought that would make our rodents
\nAll those rogues who strut and swagger,
\nTake the road and seek other pastures
\nTo carry out their wicked schemes<\/p>\n

No more will our fine young men
\nMarch to war at the behest of jingoists and imperialists
\nNor will young children from mining communities and rural hamlets
\nMourn the ships sailing off down the River Clyde
\nBroken families in lands we\u2019ve helped to oppress
\nwill never again have reason to curse the sound of advancing Scots
\nBlack and white, united in friendship and marriage
\nWill result in the military garrisons being abandoned and empty<\/p>\n

So come all ye who love freedom
\nPay no attention to the prophets of doom
\nIn your house all the children of Adam
\nWill be welcomed with food, drink and hospitality
\nWhen the spirit of John Maclean returns to his people
\nAll the flowers will blossom
\nAnd black Africa will bring crashing down
\nAll Imperialism\u2019s dreadful apparatus of oppression<\/p>\n

Translated by Dick Gaughan<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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