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Lines from the poem being used on a banner at a protest at the Scottish Parliament

"Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation" is a Scottish folk song whose lyrics are taken from a poem written by Robert Burns in 1791, listed as number 5516 in the Roud Folk Song Index. It has continued to be associated with Scottish nationalism and also been referenced in other situations where politicians' actions have gone against popular opinion.

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"Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation" is a Scottish folk song whose lyrics are taken from a poem written by Robert Burns in 1791, listed as number 5516...

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Parcel of Rogues

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Parcel of Rogues is taken from the Robert Burns poem Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation. It may refer to: "Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation", a folk...

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Jacobite Relics

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Jacobites by Name (Roud 5517) 35 - My Love he was a Highland Lad 36 - Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation 37 - This is no my ain House 38 - There'll never...

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River Sark

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province stands- Such a parcel of rogues in a nation!" The poem's subject was the alleged sale of Scotland in the Anglo-Scottish Treaty of Union. The most...

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Burns supper

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singing of songs by Burns (such as "Ae Fond Kiss", "Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation", and "A Man's A Man for A' That") and more poetry (such as "To a Mouse"...

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Electric Soup

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2012. Lees, Gavin (25 January 2010). "Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation: The New Scottish Underground (Part One of Two) « The Comics Journal". Classic...

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Treaty of Union

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gold, Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation!" Some recent historians, however, have emphasized the legitimacy of the vote. The Treaty consisted of twenty-five...

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Northern Lightz

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highstreet dope humour title Wasted in 2008. Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation: The New Scottish Underground (Part One of Two) Archived 2016-03-04 at the...

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Darien scheme

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to about £100 million in 2020 money. This outcome was and remains controversial: see article Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation. The Rising Sun by Douglas...

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Acts of Union 1707

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commonly quoted in support of the argument of corruption: "We're bought and sold for English Gold, Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation." As historian Christopher...

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Early modern Britain

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gold, Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation! Recent historians, however, have emphasised the legitimacy of the vote. The Acts of Union took effect in 1707...

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List of songs based on poems

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Syne" "Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation" See Musical settings of, or music inspired by, poems by Byron Set to music by Mrs. H. H. A. Beach: "For me the...

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Dick Gaughan

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Jeannie", recorded live at the WDR folk festival in Köln (Germany) 1983) and "Such a parcel of rogues in a nation" (recorded live at the WDR-Funkhaus, 1982)...

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Man Was Made to Mourn

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published, in reference to wars, mistreatment of indigenous peoples and nations, and, according to historian Mark Celinscak, other "acts of extreme violence"...

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A Parcel of Steeleye Span

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set of Steeleye Span's first five Chrysalis albums: Below the Salt, Parcel of Rogues, Now We Are Six, Commoners Crown, All Around My Hat. All tracks are...

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John McCusker

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regular in local youth orchestras and ceilidh bands and formed the band Parcel O'Rogues (named from Robert Burns' Sic a Parcel o' Rogues in a Nation) with...

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List of folk songs by Roud number

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List of the Child Ballads) also serves as a link to articles about the songs, which may use a very different song title. The songs are listed in the index...

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Robert Burns

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was also a radical for reform and wrote poems for democracy, such as – "Parcel of Rogues to the Nation" and the "Rights of Women". Many of Burns's most...

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Irvine Burns Club

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has a structure of a President and Vice-President, other office holders, Directors, and members. The year is centred on events such as the 'Annual Celebration'...

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Indian reservation

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those parcels came to be called "reservations". The term remained in use after the federal government began to forcibly relocate nations to parcels of land...

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Tribal sovereignty in the United States

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nations, 229 of which are in Alaska. The National Congress of American Indians explains, "Native peoples and governments have inherent rights and a political...

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Native Americans in the United States

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settlements, even cities, such as Cahokia, in what is now Illinois. The Iroquois League of Nations or "People of the Long House" was a politically advanced...

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Indentured servitude in Pennsylvania

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so-called rogues, vagabonds, and other people of the "meaner" sort. The procedures for this practice, dating back to the Elizabethan era, had a similarity...

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Dawes Rolls

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of the Dawes Commission, the ruling was made by the colonial agents to divide the land into parcels and institute a system of individual ownership in...

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Maude Barlow

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Battle for the Right. Parcel of Rogues: How Free Trade Is Failing Canada – Key Porter Books, Toronto (1990) Take Back the Nation (with Bruce Campbell)...

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List of alternate history fiction

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is a list of alternate history fiction, sorted primarily by type and then chronologically. American Civil War alternate histories Axis victory in World...

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