Exiled Scot GARY JOHNSTON suggests, in lyrical form and with apologies to the late, lauded Ian Dury, that the Yes camp shouldn't be totally despondent after last week's vote
If you don't wanna get out of bed
If you don't wanna get out of bed
If you don't wanna get out of bed.
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All of John Martyn, Jocky Wilson dartin', jokes about fartin' and kilts.
Dancing at Clatty's, people being ratty, eatin' mince'n'tatties and Subo's lilts.
Wee happy buses, closing time fusses, curry lamb and mushies and belly laughs.
Watching Denis Law, juggling with the ba', hearin' bagpipes blaw and public baths.
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Thomas Sean Connery, William Connolly, not Dougie Donnelly or bams.
Tam Sheridan, he's back there again, the Broons' but'n'ben and all kinds of jams.
Beer that isny fizzy, lassies called Lizzie, getting a dizzy, the Edinburgh Fringe.
Singing bothy ballads, never eatin' salads, skin always pallid and cultural cringe.
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Sing about My Ain Folk, laugh at ginger-haired folk, attack on Glasgow Airport.
Rabbie Burns rhymes, vodkas and limes, indy paradigms.
Merry Mac's fun, a City Bakeries bun, Rikki Fulton.
Kenneth McKellar, Byres road dweller, a bloody NO fella.
A special fish supper, wi' Dave Cameron butter, hopes in the gutter on Saturday night.
Saying 'nae borra', seeing springtime flora, try again the morra, Loch Lomond's sights.
National pride, the River Clyde, no point being snide, nae greetin'.
Still a Scot, independent or not, care not a jot, we don't do bleatin'.
Don't need a politician to define our true position, or England's abolition, but at least we had a go.
We're still a nation who can change our situation, forget the corporations,
They're all about dough.
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Yes, yes dear dear
perhaps next year
or maybe even never.
In which case…
Reasons to be Cheerful (repeat to fade).
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