Scotland's national Anthem

[Sammy Snake]

What is Scotland's National Anthem?

[WoWo]

Same as the rest of the UK, God Save The Queen

[shaz-rla]

I think it is Flower of Scotland, I am almost sure we don't have an official one but then I have been out of touch for a while, living in England for 7 years.

[shaz-rla]

Just seen WoWo answer, I know of a lot of Scottish people who do not "stand up" when God Save the Queen is on after all it is about beating the Scots!

[acw]

Both answers are correct.  Of course the Welsh just HAD to go one better and have 3!  Took FOREVER for a Wales game to start in the 6 Nations!  But yes, the jocks have the lovely Flower of Scotland.  Very nice song it is too. 

[THECORBYLOON]

"The Flower of Scotland" is Scotland's unofficial anthem and is played at Scotland's football and rugby internationals. "Scotland The Brave" has been used as Scotland's anthem at Commonwealth Games. 

I won't sing or stand up for "God Save The Queen" because of the final verse-

"Lord grant that Marshal Wade
May by thy mighty aid
Victory bring.
May he sedition hush,
And like a torrent rush,
Rebellious Scots to crush.
God save the Queen!"

 

 

[shaz-rla]

Thanks Corbyloon, couldn't remember the words in the last verse exactly. 

[stevie21]

God Save the Queen, my ****!!
I'd rather listen to westlife.

Whether it's official or not, I'd have guessed Scotland The Brave was the national anthem.

[Sammy Snake]

Thanks for your answers, I've only just realised I've posted this in Money & Finance, sorry :-)

[THECORBYLOON]

Sammy don't worry I reported it as in the wrong section so ABE will move it. 

[Kay]

acw.Dont be bitter about the Welsh..Afterall we are known for our singing!!!!!!!!!!

[Octavius]

Officially: God save the Queeb/King (delete as appropriate)

Unofficially: The Flower of Scotland (because of the 6th verse)

The Flower of Scotland was written in the 1960s to provide some patriotic verse for the passionate Scots.  In fact it was composed at 69 Northumberland Street, Edinburgh by the Corries.

The anthem commemorates the battle of Bannockburn (1314) when the Scottish army under the leadership of Robert the Bruce defeated Edward II of England.

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.

Rugby fans took to the song immediately.  In 1997 it was also adopted as the official football anthem by the Scottish FA in 1997.

I doubt many English people know the 1st verse of God Save the Queen, let alone the 6th!  It depends which battle you prefer to remember I guess.  Perhaps time for a change...

[jake-the-peg]

God save the Queen is dreadfull

I vote for replacing it with "if you're happy and you know it..."

That'd liven up the Olympic medal ceremonies

[acw]

I'm not bitter about the Welsh!  It is quite true - if any nation were going to sing lots and lots, it's better that it's the Welsh cos they can sing very nicely too in general.  Except for a certain young lady who is dating one of the Welsh rugby players - she warbles too much.  You know who I mean.  :-)

[THECORBYLOON]

acw Shirley Bassey isn't that bad is she?

[brachiopod]

What do you mean we have three National Anthems, acw?

Any Welshman will will be able to tell you we only have two; Hen Wlad fy Nhadau (Land of My fathers) and "Delilah" By Tom Jones.

As yet, Ireland's Call is not an official Welsh anthem, despite what someone at Llanelli's Stebonheath Park thought the other weekend (See this story)

;o)

[flaming]

Hobby Horse time:  Makes me laugh all the panoply and ceremony - like today, the Queen's Speech - but in reality we English must be the most hated race on earth, not now, we personally, but the injustices of the past obviously still rankle.  Well hear this reminder all peoples of other countries of the UK,  ex colonials, dominions, or wherever, and that's a lot of you, it wasn't so jolly for our forbears here, either, as I point out to my Singaporian friend when he rabbits on about what happened.  A life of ..  er  ..Riley was only possible for a favoured few in England at the time when our administration was being beastly to everyone else.  The fiction of how lovely it all was was kept going for a long time.  Empire Day was still a feature when I was at school.  It is only in comparatively recent times that we have learnt some truths about our own history.  Heard about the Peterloo massacre? Know that at the time of the Irish potato famine, a lot of people here were starving and there were food riots as close in as Hertfordshire.? Extra rations were given out but only because it was so close to those in Government.  Even as recently as WW2 masses of English children from orphanages were shipped off to Australia without a thought to be kept there as little more than slave labour. That's only come out in recent years.

I am still patriotic to my country but to another ideal, one there long before we had an organised State/Church/Army structure.  And I didn't know about that last verse in our National Anthem.