Ditch Flower of Scotland?

[Jimmy]

Im in agreement with you, and just to let you know it has lyrics already in both english and scots gaelic.

heres the lyrics

Land of our fathers, we will always be
Faithful and loyal to our own country
In times of danger, we will set you free
Lead you to glory and to victory

Hail, Caledonia, to our ancient prayer
In this Highland Cathedral, let our standards, bear
Joining, together, with one dream to share
God bless the people of this land so fair

Chorus:

Gone is the past, let us start a new
Let this hope of peace, always remain
Spirit of Scotia, be strong and true
Then your children will smile again.

Rise, Caledonia, let your voices ring
In this Highland Cathedral of our God and King
Whom, joy and liberty, to all, will bring
Come; let your heart, with love and courage, sing

Chorus:

Lonely the exile, o'er distant seas,
The home of their birth, gone from their eyes.
Bring back their souls o'er the ocean breeze
To the land where their fathers lie.

Thanks for that, I was unaware of these lyrics. Highland Cathedral played on the bagpipes is possibly one of the most stirring tunes around perhaps not too many people on this forum are familiar with it or am i wrong in saying this?

[creagdhubh]

Well I suppose we could have
Paul McCartney - Mull Of Kintyre

And change the words a bit...





Chris.

Great song, and good idea, Chris! I don't think Flower of Scotland is going away anytime soon - way too popular in Scotland. My relatives in Inverness-shire regard the latter has their National Anthem, though they also regard God Save the Queen as their National Anthem too, a more 'traditional' and 'proper' tune, they say.

Cheers,

[Gryphon57]

Thanks for that, I was unaware of these lyrics. Highland Cathedral played on the bagpipes is possibly one of the most stirring tunes around perhaps not too many people on this forum are familiar with it or am i wrong in saying this?

Can't say for sure on the number of people on this forum, but it's on the required tune list for most people who have attempted to learn to play pipes. It is a stirring tune when played well on pipes.