THE SCOTIAD - damowords

Longshanks Invades ScotlandIt was a fine midsummer’s dayWhen Gloucester, captain of Calais,Heard word Sir Wallace was in France,So toasting merry circumstanceHe sent the news to London TownWhere Parliament courted the Crown,"It seems though peace was spoken trueWallace muses on malice new,Why would that man visit the French!"A murmur rumbl'd through the benchWhere knowing he was warring sort,The King flattered with warm support,"Edward, if you have leave to makeWar on the Scots, our leave now take!"Wallace Hears of the InvasionTo liberty do Scots aspire,It fell upon a noble squireTo warn Wallace of tragedy,Passing from Arbroath to the seaPass’d thro Paris to fair Guyon,There set his tired eyes uponSir Wallace, who at first smiled wide,Then sensed ill things in him did bide,"Welcome to France, what brings ye here?""My reason thou must hate I fear..."The knights of Longshanks masters madeOf borderlands by bloody raid,& Stirling Bridge made memorySaint George's cross demands Dundee!