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Caledonia is a modern Scottish folk ballad written by Dougie MacLean in 1977. [1] The chorus of the song features the lyric "Caledonia, you're calling me, and now I'm going home", [2] the term "Caledonia" itself being a Latin word for Scotland. "Caledonia" has been covered by various artists, and is often dubbed Scotland's "unofficial national ...
The web series Caledonia and associated novel is a supernatural police drama that takes place in Glasgow, Scotland. [12] [13] Ptolemy's account in his Geography also referred to the Caledonia Silva, an idea still recalled in the modern expression "Caledonian Forest", although the woods are much reduced in size since Roman times. [14] [note 1]
Dougie MacLean, OBE (born 27 September 1954) [1] [deprecated source] is a Scottish singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. Described by AllMusic as "one of Scotland's premier singer-songwriters", MacLean has performed both under his own name, and as part of multiple folk bands, since the mid 1970s.
Caledonia is a 1978 album by Alan Roberts and Dougie MacLean. [1] It contains the title song " Caledonia " and it was recorded at Fairview Recording Studio and printed by Garrod & Lofthouse. Track listing
Scotland national football team songs (15 P) Pages in category "Scottish patriotic songs" ... Caledonia (song) Cànan nan Gàidheal; Chì mi na mòrbheanna; F.
In Scotland the earliest printed collection of secular music was by publisher John Forbes, produced in Aberdeen in 1662 as Songs and Fancies: to Thre, Foure, or Five Partes, both Apt for Voices and Viols. It was printed three times in the next twenty years, and contained seventy-seven songs, of which twenty-five were of Scottish origin. [9]
Frankie Miller's song "Caledonia", also included in McEwan's adverts which were only shown in Scotland and Northern Ireland, topped the Scottish chart while only being a minor UK-wide hit. [13] An unofficial Scottish Network Chart was also taken by Scottish commercial stations, including Radio Tay, in the early 1990s. [14]
The Scottish Government advocated that the "national song should be an anthem for all the people of Scotland with our diverse heritage and traditions. Scotland has many fine tunes, both traditional and contemporary, including ‘Flower of Scotland’, which could be stirring national anthems, but it is important that any choice has wide public ...