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Flower of Scotland. At most international sporting events, Scotland uses "Flower of Scotland" as its national anthem. These events include matches of the Scottish national football team, Scottish cricket team and the Scottish rugby union team. [10] The song has also been used as the victory anthem of Scotland at the Commonwealth Games since ...
Flower of Scotland. " Flower of Scotland " (Scottish Gaelic: Flùr na h-Alba, Scots: Flouer o Scotland) is a Scottish patriotic song commonly used as an unofficial national anthem of Scotland. Written sometime in the mid-1960s by folk musician Roy Williamson, its lyrics describe the victory of Robert the Bruce, King of Scots, over Edward II ...
Music. Traditional. Published. 1870s. Audio sample. "Scotland the Brave" (instrumental) file. help. " Scotland the Brave " (Scottish Gaelic: Alba an Àigh) is a Scottish patriotic song, one of three often considered an unofficial Scottish national anthem (the others being "Flower of Scotland", and "Scots Wha Hae").
Scots Wha Hae. Scots Wha hae wi' Wallace Bled. " Scots Wha Hae " (English: Scots Who Have) is a patriotic song of Scotland written using both words of the Scots language and English, which served for centuries as an unofficial national anthem of the country, but has lately been largely supplanted by "Scotland the Brave" and "Flower of Scotland".
file. help. " God Save the King " (alternatively " God Save the Queen " when the British monarch is female) is the national anthem of the United Kingdom, [5] one of two national anthems of New Zealand, [1] and the royal anthem of the Isle of Man, [6] Canada and some other Commonwealth realms. [2] The author of the tune is unknown and it may ...
Auld Lang Syne. John Masey Wright and John Rogers' illustration of the poem, c. 1841. " Auld Lang Syne " (Scots pronunciation: [ˈɔːl (d) lɑŋ ˈsəi̯n]) [a][1] is a Scottish song. In the English-speaking world, it is traditionally sung to bid farewell to the old year at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve / Hogmanay.
Cecil Spring Rice. Meter. 13.13.13.13 D. Melody. "Thaxted" by Gustav Holst. "Abinger" by Ralph Vaughan Williams. " I Vow to Thee, My Country " is a British patriotic hymn, created in 1921 when music by Gustav Holst had a poem by Sir Cecil Spring Rice set to it. The music originated as a wordless melody, which Holst later named "Thaxted", taken ...
Flower of Scotland is popularly held to be the national anthem, and is played at events such as football and rugby matches involving the Scotland national teams, and as of 2010 is used for the Scottish team at the Commonwealth Games. Scotland the Brave; Scots Wha Hae; A Man's A Man for A' That [41] Freedom Come-All-Ye [42]