| The Flower of Scotland (The Flower of Scotland is the title given in the Corries songbook, not "Flower of Scotland"). This song was adopted as the official Words and music: Roy Williamson. (c) The Corries (Music) Ltd. |
The Flower of Scotland ---------------------- 1. O flower of Scotland When will we see Your like again That fought and died for Your wee bit hill and glen And stood against him Proud Edward's army And sent him homeward Tae think again 2. The hills are bare now And autumn leaves lie thick and still O'er land that is lost now Which those so dearly held And stood against him Proud Edward's army And sent him homeward Tae think again 3. Those days are passed now And in the past they must remain But we can still rise now And be the nation again And stood against him Proud Edward's army And sent him homeward Tae think again |
The Flower of Scotland
(Gaelic translation) |
| The Jacobite Rebellion came to an end with the Jacobites disastrous
loss at the Battle of Culloden, April 16, 1746. After the battle, many
of the captured Scottish soldiers were taken by the English to Carlisle, where they were imprisoned at Carlisle Castle. The English
treated the Scotsmen rather capriciously, selecting some -- apparently at random -- to be hanged. Others, also seemingly chosen at random,
were simply released, and told to walk home, over the roads, to
Scotland. One of the captured Scottish soldiers was Donald MacDonald. He felt sure that he would be one of those hanged by the English, and he wrote this song. One can suppose it was meant as a memorial, a message of hope for his fellow Scotsmen, and a last love letter to his beloved Moira, who lived back in the Scottish highlands, near Loch Lomond. The song is written to be sung not by Donald, but by Moira. It tells of the journey of Donald's spirit after his death. He returns to Scotland not by the high road -- the ordinary road over which his countrymen are walking home -- but by the low road of death, a much faster and surer route. Donald's spirit visits Moira and makes love to her one last time. But she can tell that he is gone, and that she will not see him again, in this life. This is not the version most people sing, it starts off "By Yon Bonnie Banks and By Yon Bonnie Braes"..... It appears that this version of Loch Lomond was written by Donald McDonnell of Clan
Keppoch. |
Loch Lomond |
| This is supposedly an ancient Vikings battle song, sung before they go into battle. | Know that I see my father. Know that I see my mother, my sisters, and my brothers. Know that I see the line of my people, back to the beginning. Know they do call me, they bid me take my place amongst them, In the halls of Valhalla, where the brave may live forever. |
| Metallica.
One of my favorite songs. |
Nothing Else Matters. So close no matter how far Couldn't be much more from the heart Forever trusting who we are And nothing else matters. Never opened myself this way Life is ours, we live it our way All these words I don't just say And nothing else matters. Trust I seek and I find in you Every day for us something new Open mind for a different view And nothing else matters. Never cared for what they do Never cared for what they know But I know. So close no matter how far Couldn't be much more from the heart Forever trusting who we are And nothing else matters. Never cared for what they do Never cared for what they know But I know. Never opened myself this way Life is ours, we live it our way All these words I don't just say. Trust I seek and I find in you Every day for us something new Open mind for a different view And nothing else matters. Never cared for what they say Never cared for games they play Never cared for what they do Never cared for what they know And I know. So close no matter how far Couldn't be much more from the heart Forever trusting who we are No nothing else matters. |