The Clearances Again [Official Video]

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Lyrics
The Clearances Again - Angus MacPhail
Farewell to the cliffs of Mingulay
And the shores of the Sandray Sound
And the glow of a boat well laden
Steaming north when you’re homeward bound.
Donald Francis MacNeil is my name,
I’m a fisherman through to the bone.
I have lived by the creel and the wave
To provide for a family and home.
Generations before me have followed
The toil and the call of the seas
But the soul will be torn from our future
And the heart from the Hebrides.
I have hauled through the stacks and the arches
And learned from the old in my youth.
Ten thousand seabirds my chorus
The sea is my way and my truth.
At one with the ocean, with nature,
The world above and below,
The harvest of harmony’s circle
But my life and my living must go
For the fashions of urban ideals
Where passions of ignorance play
To the lies of political deals -
No care for the lives in their way.
My people, my language, my Island
And the rights that our forefathers won
To remain on the soil of our homeland
By the sweep of a pen will be gone -
A wrecking ball through our existence;
Tradition and culture condemned
At the hands of the arrogant stranger -
The Clearances over again.
But we’ll join with the kin of our coastline
From Ness to the Holy Isle.
Faceless grey suits from the cities,
They will not play games with our lives.
My song marks a fight for survival
A Mayday call we cry.
We will stand for the rights of our children.
We will not let our islands die.

[@vincentscanlon8748]

The Clearances Again
A wonderful, creative, heartfelt song and video, reflecting the sentiment and community spirit of decent, hard-working people with a rich traditional way of life. Hospitable, good natured, generous and welcoming to the core, which I'm very grateful and privileged to have experienced first hand. 🙏
Congratulations to you all, on the success of this production and the delivery of your message.

[@sophiabreidfischer6242]

What a beautiful song. I hv Scottish ancestry and feel this, and it also rings true for ppl who work the land everywhefe🤍

[@blackie_tup]

there's never been a song with such meaning in a generation.

[@T1h9R8o4]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 beyond words! 💯🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@bobwheeler5246]

Well done Skippinish, great message and song

[@douglasrobertson8921]

WOW what a song

[@vivianlemottee3291]

Skipinnish have to be the world's greatest musicians.🇦🇺❤️

[@henrycartwright7124]

Beautiful! Love it!

[@jamiehu33]

Just discovered Skippinish, the story of this song and thankfully, the news about last year’s decision by the Authorities to cancel enforcement of the prohibition of fishing from these waters. 😅. Good for you Scotland!!!

[@graemes52]

Beautiful......

[@johnlaurie4104]

I love Scotland! I am coming back!

[@ianlivingston5619]

Love this song and the Gaelic version. Obviously got the message to the puppets in Hollyrood.

[@rosemarycuthbert4623]

So you would rather be ruled by Westminster Toraidhs

[@bigpistol2]

Arriving 2 days after 1st April and the "anti-banter" law that now makes me nervous to be myself when in a pub drinking....what were we talking about? Something about "puppets" in Holyrood?

[@lindapadley5806]

Loved this by Skippinsh! It's a song to get people thinking about islands getting isolated from mainland

[@Lemonstreetmusic]

Powerful lyrics set to a good melody - the hallmark of a great song. Well done

[@mcgregorpiper]

Great song and I can’t help but think that it galvanised opposition to the SNP utterly idiotic scheme to limit fishing in the waters of the Hebrides.

[@alexthorburn2878]

As an ex-trawlerman it brought a tear to my and anger to my heart to see what a "Scottish Government" intends. I did not join the fight for independence in 1967 to have our rural and island communities treated in such a manner.

[@alanrmacdonald622]

Break with the Greens. They devised the HP Marine Areas.

[@rosemarycuthbert4623]

Let's vote for London rule instead

[@ikanditoby]

What an amazing song.

[@weemodundee4596]

Shared well ❤❤❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👏

[@user-lk1cv9pf8t]

I nGaidhlig a seo níos fearr.

[@rosemarycuthbert4623]

I am sure that liebour and toraidhs will be keen to represent your tights

[@rosemarycuthbert4623]

Meant rights 😂

[@gerhardthoffmann]

I like to have a Visitation to Your Country, but time will bring it or not

[@rosemarycuthbert4623]

Och well the toraidhs supported you in Holyrood. Devolution is dead. Aye vote toraidh lib dem and to hell with the mainland folk fighting for independence. Saor Alba

[@rosemarycuthbert4623]

The alternative to the so called puppets in Holyrood is Toraidh rule from Westminster

[@johnscott8390]

What an awesome song, where the ties to a special place that is more than what they call home