This song is about the clearances of Scotland when the prople left their rural homes to drive the industrialization specifically in the town of Corby, Northamptonshire, England. It was during the industrial revolution known as little Scotland because of all the Scots who came to work the steel mills there. But within less than a generation the jobs were leaving and the displaced Scots were now away from their home without the jobs they left Scotland to take. Thus the lost potential.
This song is about the clearances of Scotland when the prople left their rural homes to drive the industrialization specifically in the town of Corby, Northamptonshire, England. It was during the industrial revolution known as little Scotland because of all the Scots who came to work the steel mills there. But within less than a generation the jobs were leaving and the displaced Scots were now away from their home without the jobs they left Scotland to take. Thus the lost potential.