The song was written in the 1980's at the height of Thatcherism.
It starts with the emigration of Scots to America as Pheonix935 says and then turns to the then political situation with the loss of industrial factories such as those at Bathgate and Linwood to make a comparison between times past and contemporary.
The song was written in the 1980's at the height of Thatcherism.
It starts with the emigration of Scots to America as Pheonix935 says and then turns to the then political situation with the loss of industrial factories such as those at Bathgate and Linwood to make a comparison between times past and contemporary.