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Iron Edge => Off Topic Discussion => Topic started by: Smorisha on January 20, 2008, 07:44:11 pm

Title: Scotland National Anthem please
Post by: Smorisha on January 20, 2008, 07:44:11 pm
For some wierd reason my sister is searching for a download link of Scottish anthem, so far I have found some crap quality recordings and links to "God save the Queen". My sister is searching for the old Scottish anthem with bagpipe (instrument?!?)
Kawe... anyone??? HEEEEEEEELP!
Title: Re: Scotland National Anthem please
Post by: kawe on January 21, 2008, 03:45:57 am
Flower of Scotland is the unofficial national anthem for Scotland.

Here are the Lyrics:

O Flower of Scotland,
When will we see,
Yer like again,
That fought and died for,
Yer wee bit Hill and Glen,
And stood against him,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent him homeward,
Tae think again.


The Hills are bare now,
Autumn leaves lie
lie thick and still,
O'er land that is lost now,
Which those so dearly held,
That stood against him,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent him homeward,
Tae think again.

Those days are past now,
And in the past
they must remain,
But we can still rise now,
And be the nation again,
That stood against him,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent him homeward,
Tae think again.

O Flower of Scotland,
When will we see
Yer like again,
That fought and died for,
Yer wee bit Hill and Glen,
And stood against him,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent him homeward,
Tae think again.


As for an MP3 file, I'm afraid there's just like a billion different randoms who have sung it, and I don't really know which would be considered more official than the others. Google "Flower of Scotland MP3", and take your pic of the many, many files ^^
Title: Re: Scotland National Anthem please
Post by: Gaeios(Graxlos) on January 21, 2008, 07:59:11 am
I always guessed it was "Scotland the brave", that song is always played on bagpipes.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=XZuq_mMDg20 (http://youtube.com/watch?v=XZuq_mMDg20)
Oh how I miss playing my recorder, yes all real men should have played that instrument for at least 6 years!

For the ones that dont know what a recorder is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recorder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recorder)
Title: Re: Scotland National Anthem please
Post by: Smorisha on January 21, 2008, 11:21:01 am
Thanks Kawe, I downloaded few, hopefully thats what she is looking for.
Title: Re: Scotland National Anthem please
Post by: Inphy on January 21, 2008, 12:30:29 pm
I just love bagpipes <3 And the youtube movie (Scotland the brave), such a great tune.
Title: Re: Scotland National Anthem please
Post by: kagir on January 21, 2008, 01:15:52 pm
I always guessed it was "Scotland the brave", that song is always played on bagpipes.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=XZuq_mMDg20 (http://youtube.com/watch?v=XZuq_mMDg20)
Oh how I miss playing my recorder, yes all real men should have played that instrument for at least 6 years!

For the ones that dont know what a recorder is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recorder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recorder)

olololol blokfløjte
Title: Re: Scotland National Anthem please
Post by: kawe on January 21, 2008, 01:21:07 pm
I always guessed it was "Scotland the brave", that song is always played on bagpipes.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=XZuq_mMDg20 (http://youtube.com/watch?v=XZuq_mMDg20)
Oh how I miss playing my recorder, yes all real men should have played that instrument for at least 6 years!

For the ones that dont know what a recorder is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recorder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recorder)

olololol blokfløjte

olololol moonspeak
Title: Re: Scotland National Anthem please
Post by: Smorisha on January 21, 2008, 01:49:45 pm
Ahahahha
Quote from: Kawe
olololol moonspeak

made my day!
Title: Re: Scotland National Anthem please
Post by: Myogoblin on February 15, 2008, 04:11:52 pm
Don't forget officially they are part of the United Kingdom and therefore "God Save the Queen" is the offical anthem!

Although, they did spend insane amount of cash on their parliment building....
Title: Re: Scotland National Anthem please
Post by: kawe on February 15, 2008, 04:50:05 pm
Don't forget officially they are part of the United Kingdom and therefore "God Save the Queen" is the offical anthem!

Although, they did spend insane amount of cash on their parliment building....

No, God Save the Queen is England's national anthem. Britain's official anthem is Rule Brittania.

You would probably get stabbed in Glasgow for saying that sort of thing Payu ;P
Title: Re: Scotland National Anthem please
Post by: Cwave on February 15, 2008, 05:00:30 pm
Don't forget officially they are part of the United Kingdom and therefore "God Save the Queen" is the offical anthem!

Although, they did spend insane amount of cash on their parliment building....

No, God Save the Queen is England's national anthem. Britain's official anthem is Rule Brittania.

You would probably get stabbed in Glasgow for saying that sort of thing Payu ;P

"On a random 17:00 @ work note"

How does that Prima Noctis work nowadays?
Could an IE officer defile a scottish girl from one of the IE "members" on her wedding night?
Dell?
Title: Re: Scotland National Anthem please
Post by: delling on February 15, 2008, 05:11:20 pm
I wish I even knew what prima noctis is... it sounds cool!

And Kawe, 'God Save The Queen' is the United Kingdom's anthem.

i.e. NI, Scotland, Wales & England.

It might just be Great Britain's, but I think NI is included... so, UK.

Rule Britannia is England's national anthem afaik, but it's rarely/never used outside of pompous stuff like the proms, or football.
Title: Re: Scotland National Anthem please
Post by: Myogoblin on February 15, 2008, 05:21:30 pm
Prima noctis, is obviously latin meaning first night.

Yes that is a 100% guess as my latin is rusty and i dont wanna cheat and google it. Yes NI is included :)

Title: Re: Scotland National Anthem please
Post by: Cwave on February 15, 2008, 05:23:51 pm
Droit de seigneur

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prima_noctis

 ;D
Title: Re: Scotland National Anthem please
Post by: Myogoblin on February 15, 2008, 05:28:46 pm
Droit de seigneur

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prima_noctis

 ;D

lol we so need that law in the UK. Pleased that my latin isn't too rusty!
Title: Re: Scotland National Anthem please
Post by: Cwave on February 15, 2008, 05:35:54 pm
Droit de seigneur

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prima_noctis

 ;D

lol we so need that law in the UK. Pleased that my latin isn't too rusty!

You had it.... Braveheart!

Kawe is prob offspring from some english lord having a fieldday on a scottish farmer girl's ass ;)
Title: Re: Scotland National Anthem please
Post by: Daekesh on February 15, 2008, 06:18:18 pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Anthem_of_Scotland

A more on-topic wiki link I happened across.
Title: Re: Scotland National Anthem please
Post by: kawe on February 15, 2008, 06:38:03 pm
Oh please.

Verse 6 of "God Save the Queen".

6. 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 King

Really... I think it's safe to say that it is not the national anthem of Scotland when it talks about crushing its people. Scotland's is Flower of Scotland, England's is god Save the Queen, Britain has Rule Brittania. Officialdom and the semantics relating to Northern Ireland don't make a country's anthem.
Title: Re: Scotland National Anthem please
Post by: delling on February 15, 2008, 08:56:51 pm
I am talking about things like the Olympics, which features 'United Kingdom' rather than 'England' and 'Scotland'.

At such events, we sing God Save The Queen.

I'm sure the Scots just hum along during the nasty bits :P

What is this 'Britain' you keep refering to? England/Scotland/Wales?
Title: Re: Scotland National Anthem please
Post by: Daekesh on February 15, 2008, 10:09:38 pm
Britain = England, Scotland and Wales.  UK = Britain and Northern Island.
Title: Re: Scotland National Anthem please
Post by: kawe on February 15, 2008, 10:26:50 pm
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/British_Isles_Euler_diagram.svg/300px-British_Isles_Euler_diagram.svg.png)

Britain is Great Britain when I don't type the first word.

Quote from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_save_the_queen
In sport, "God Save the Queen" is usually used as the English national anthem only; while Scotland and Wales have their own, unofficial anthems.[9] This only occurs in sports in which the four countries compete independently (eg. Football, Rugby, Cricket, etc.). In sports like formula one, or the Olympics, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are usually competing as one nation and therefore "God Save the Queen" is used to represent anyone or any team that comes from Britain.[9]

Either way, to say God Save the Queen is Scotland's national anthem is kind of pushing it. It's UK's national anthem when UK is being counted as a single entity in sporting events, stretching it to say it's Scotland's by proxy seems somehow... flimsy or imposed. Can a national anthem really be a national anthem - given the nature of national anthems - when it's weakly imposed in this manner?

Quote from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_save_the_queen
"God Save the Queen" currently acts as the national anthem of the United Kingdom, though it has never been officially implemented by Royal Proclamation or Act of Parliament, but was popularized by tradition alone.

So granted that it's all tradition, people preference and Scotland's people's less than lovely attitude regarding the english, it's fair to say that Scotland's national anthem is not God Save the Queen.


tl;dr - Scotland's national anthem is Flower of Scotland.

Incase that wasn't clear, the national anthem of Scotland is Flower of Scotland. Flower of Scotland is the national anthem of Scotland.


Also, this picture may be relevant to Delling
(http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/8311/successfultrollst4.jpg)
Title: Re: Scotland National Anthem please
Post by: Smorisha on February 16, 2008, 05:44:52 am
Erm, I just wanted to find a link to download a mp3 file. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Additionaly Kawe is banned from WF totem for a week, we don't want to push our luck :P
Title: Re: Scotland National Anthem please
Post by: Cwave on February 16, 2008, 08:48:14 am
Play the braveheart tune, ive got a nice mental picture of Kawe running through the highlands to slay some english people!

<3 ;)

Title: Re: Scotland National Anthem please
Post by: Vorte on February 16, 2008, 02:36:54 pm
Ya had to kill the tune, didn't you Cwave..