Lyrics
A bitter Fall bloody Harlaw
The bane of the Highland host
When Scot against Scot were slain as they fought
The Urie ran red with their fray
Oh can I win free when King and country
Are not one with the will of the land
Can love in it's might turn darkness to light
Can the thistle and rose ever twine
Bold Robert proclaimed his last son James
Should flee from the perils of war
But Albany's men sent word of the plan
Then bartered Jamie away
Oh can I win free when King and country
Are not one with the will of the land
Can love in it's might turn darkness to light
Can the thistle and rose ever twine
A Prisoner made to England betrayed
Off Flamborough Head, he was seized
And Jamie was led him more than half dead
To the Tower of London in chains
Oh can I win free when King and country
Are not one with the will of the land
Can love in it's might turn darkness to light
Can the thistle and rose ever twine
Twas many a year he lay fettered in fear
Till out of his garret he spied
A bonny lass his prison to pass
His heart was riven in two
Oh can I win free when King and country
Are not one with the will of the land
Can love in its might turn darkness to light
Can the thistle and rose ever twine
Me own bonny Jo may it please you to know
That love has my bonds overthrown
And thus it shall be when er I am free
I would soonest have thee as my own
Oh can I win free when King and country
Are not one with the will of the land
Can love in its might turn darkness to light
Can the thistle and rose ever twine
Written by: David Andrew Simmons
