Tribute To The Tartan
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Scone's Scottish and Celtic Internet Book
N MacCorkill, F.S.A, Scot
Scottish Highlands and Islands Partnership
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GENTLEMEN -- THE TARTAN
The fighting sheen of it,
The yellow, the green of it,
The white, the blue of it,
The swing, the hue of it,
The dark, the red of it,
Every thread of it !
The fair have sighed for it,
The brave have died for it,
Foemen sought for it,
Heroes fought for it,
Honour the name of it,
Drink to the fame of it --
Murdoch Maclean
IT'S HEY! FOR THE TARTAN
And many a famous has graced the bare knee;
And the sett that I wear is both ancient and braw,
It's the pride 0' my heart and the dearest of a'.
The stamp o' the Hielands from Skye to Dundee;
And it's proud I am bearing THE TARTAN I'm wearing,
The pride 0' my Clan and THE TARTAN for me!
The Gunn's and Gordon's familiar in many a land,
And the Cameron men have a right to be proud,
With the Campbells and Stewarts, MacLeod of MacLeod.
MacDonald, Macmillan, MacPherson and MacLean.
But I can't name them all and it's no use to try,
So I give you "The Tartan from Solway to Skye!"
But their thoughts aye return to the land they adore,
And the skirl o' the pipes sends the heart beating high,
And the Tartans of home bring a tear to the eye.
Song joyfully presented by Scone,
Nancy MacCorkill
Author, Poet, presenter of songs...
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