![]() OFTEN MISTAKEN FOR … The Old Spice theme. (It should be noted that while recent attempts to get the Scottish parliament to vote on an official anthem have failed, a 2006 poll showed that a majority of Scots preferred ‘Flower of Scotland’ - a song written in 1965.) Hanley’s stirring words (“Land of my high endeavour, land of the shining river”) gave the song a second life and turned it into one of Scotland’s unofficial national anthems. The tune page for Scotland the Brave at, with free sheet music, a playable midi sound file and the abc & MusicXML code - tune 0038 in the. Scotland The Brave Lyrics Verse 1 Let Italy boast of her gay gilded waters Her vines and her bowers and her soft sunny skies Her sons drinking love from the eyes of her daughters Where freedom. ‘BRAVE’ HEARTED: It sounds as ancient as the Highlands, but “Scotland the Brave” is not as old as you might think: the rousing melody was probably first heard in the 1890s, and the lyrics now commonly associated with the tune were written by Glaswegian journalist Cliff Hanley some 60 years later. HOW YOU PROBABLY KNOW THIS TUNE: Right up there with “Amazing Grace” as the tune heard most often played on bagpipes
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