You might assume we‘re English

Where did your name come from?

My name is not unusual

You’ll hear it quite a lot

You might assume we‘re English

But in fact my family‘s Scots.

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My grandad came from Scotland

North West of Aberdeen

The stretch along the Moray Firth

Is where you’d find our Greens.

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There’s plenty in the census

A common local name

Back at least two centuries

You’ll find us Scottish Greens.

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But Scots or English meaning

It’s pretty much the same

Most likely lived near greenery

Not much more to the name.

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My other name is Andrew

For Scotland‘s patron Saint

And middle’s Alexander

Which was my Grandad‘s name.

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So Andrew Alexander

Two quite Scottish names

An Englishman of Scots descent

A very common name.

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Less common up in Scotland

But still a common name

Lots of other Andrew Greens

But we‘re not all the same.