I am William Wallace
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My life was a mystery
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Some say born twelve seven two
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Some say twelve sixty three
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Was dubbed Malcolm of Paisley
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Maybe Alan from Aire
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Did I have a wife or no?
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Do you really care?
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They say I had a big, red beard
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But all you need to know
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I was a Scottish rebel
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And the English were my foe
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William Wllace, Scottish rebel!
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This is war I cried!
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Many English fought me
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And many English died!
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I took against the English
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Back when I was fairly wee
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'Cause an Englishman called Selby
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Bullied my whole family
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It upset me, so I struck him dead
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Well, wouldn't you?
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Then an English sheriff came along
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Guess what, I killed him too!
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They say he killed my wife
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So he deserved what he got
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Then England's King Ed came for me
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Ooh, I'm scared! Not!
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William Wallace, Scottish rebel!
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Possibly six feet seven
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But all that really matters is
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I sent Englishmen to heaven!
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Forty thousand English came
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To Stirling Bridge for me
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They had to cross a narrow bridge
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To get to us, you see
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We held them off, pushed them back
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It was no contest
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Bridge collapsed, hundreds drowned
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Of course I killed the rest!
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I celebrated Stirling Bridge
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Another Scottish win
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By decorating my sword
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With the English general's skin
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William Wallace, Scottish rebel!
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Scottish legend too
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Fought for Scottish freedom
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Was a hero through and through
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Here's where my rebel story comes unstuck
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At Falkirk defeated, I'd run out of luck
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Spent seven years playing hide and seek
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Captured, sent to London, tried for treason
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What cheek!
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King Ed hanged me, then a lovely touch
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Pulled my guts out, guess he didn't like me much!
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William Wallace, Scottish rebel!
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In Scotland my heart lived
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Though sadly, my head wound up
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On a spike on London Bridge!
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Ooh, that smarts!
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William Wallace
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