Cap In Hand

I can tell the meanin'

Of a word like serene

I got some good grades

When I was sixteen

I can tell the difference

'Tween margarine and butter

I can say 'Saskatchewan'

Without startin' to stutter

But I can't understand

Why we let someone else

Rule our land

Cap in hand

I could get a broken jaw

From bein' in a fight

I know its evenin'

When day turns to night

I can understand

Why Stranraer lie so lowly

They could save a lot of points

By signin' Hibs' goalie

But I can't understand

Why we let someone else

Rule our land

Cap in hand

We fight

When they ask us

We boast

Then we cower

We beg

For a piece of

(Ready, ready, ready)

What's already

(Ready, ready, ready)

What's already

What's already

(Ready, ready, ready)

What's already

What's already ours

We fight

When they ask us

We boast

Then we cower

We beg

For a piece of

(Ready, ready, ready)

What's already

(Ready, ready, ready)

What's already

What's already

(Ready, ready, ready)

What's already

What's already ours

Once I thought I could

Make god a bribe

(Make god a bribe)

So I said I was

In his lost tribe

(In his lost tribe)

Gettin' handouts

(Get in, get in)

Can be so frustratin'

(Get in, get in)

Ah, so fustratin'

Get in line, son

(Get in, get in)

There's five million waitin'

(Get in, ah)

I can't understand why

You let someone else

Rule your land

Cap in hand

No, I can't understand

Why we let someone else

Rule our land

Cap in hand

Cap in hand

Cap in hand

Cap in hand

No, I can't understand

Why we let someone else

Rule our land

Cap in hand

Cap in hand

Cap in hand

Cap in hand

Cap in hand

Cap in hand

Cap in hand

Dun, la-la-la-la-la

Dun, la-la-la-la-la

Dun, la-la-la-la-la