Talk:Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation

[Intro]
This sentence from the introduction is very clunky

"And whatever Burns’s patriotic sympathies, he was, after all, latterly employed by the British Government as an exciseman but that was of course in order to make a living not an affiliation to or approval of the British Govt."

The lyrics speak for themselves, conjecture about Burns isnt really neccessary. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.128.140.98 (talk) 21:57, 12 July 2015 (UTC)

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How can you write an article about this and not mention the bribery of 1707?
 * It seems to mention the bribery, but what about the colonial ambitions that some Scottish politicians happened to entertain? Robert Burns never seemed to know of that one, but who was Mr Darien? --85.164.221.166 (talk) 14:18, 19 May 2012 (UTC)

Bribery and the Act of Union
I modified the sentence "Burns’s spirited denunciation of the “rogues” who sold Scotland for English gold refers of course to the Scottish commissioners who voted for the Union of 1707.", adding "...some of whom were said to have been bribed." The allegations of bribery is and was fairly common knowledge amongst students of history, and of course this poem also alludes to it. Adding this also explains to the reader why Burns uses the phrase "We are bought and sold for English gold". Why was it removed?90.222.116.46 (talk) 21:12, 18 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Although the payoffs are now well known, in the 18th century they were not known for certain to have occurred. Though belief in them was certainly (and rightly, as it turned out) widespread. 5.67.145.21 (talk) 11:53, 10 March 2016 (UTC)

The lyrics obliquely reference a colonization project....
Do they? I've read it; I can't see even an oblique reference. Can someone point it out? William M. Connolley (talk) 18:35, 20 September 2014 (UTC)

Authorship
Although Burns is widely believed to have written this song, am I right in saying there is in fact no real evidence this is the case? In addition, the words were extant fairly early on in Burns' career, before he penned much of his more savage political material. 5.67.145.21 (talk) 11:55, 10 March 2016 (UTC)