As Long As Theres One Hundred

In early May 2011 the SNP won an historic majority in the Scottish Parliament, bring closer the possibility of an independent Scotland. It got me thinking about the original Wars of Independence in the late 13th and early 14th centuries featuring William Wallace and Robert Bruce and in particular, the Declaration of Arbroath, signed by the nobles and common folk of Scotland on 6th April 1320. As a result I wrote this song. The chorus is loosely based on the most famous passage of the Declaration, namely For as long as one hundred of us shall remain alive, we shall never in any wise consent to submit to the rule of the English, for it is not for glory we fight, nor riches, or for honour, but for freedom alone, which no good man loses but with his