Cap in Hand

Cap In Hand - The Proclaimers

Written by：Charles Stobo Reid/Craig Morris Reid

I could tell the meaning of a word like serene

I got some' o' grades when I was sixteen

I can tell the difference between margarine and butter

I can say Saskatchewan without starting 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 being in a fight

I know its evening when day turns to night

I can understand why Stranraer lie so lowly

They could save a lot of points by signing 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

What's already ours

What's already ours

What's already ours

We fight when they ask us

We boast then we cower

We beg

For a piece of

What's already ours

What's already ours

What's already ours

Once I thought I could make God a bribe

So I said I was in his lost tribe

Getting handouts can be so frustrating

Get in line son there's five million waiting

I can't understand why you let someone else rule your land

Cap in hand

Though I can't understand why we let someone else rule our land

Cap in hand

Cap in hand

Cap in hand

Cap in hand

Though 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