This one time I went to Scotland. It rained non-stop and was freezing cold. Everyone is overweight and has false teeth. All the men are transvestites and the women look like men. I was attacked by a swarm of midges and thrown out of a pub for saying that the Loch Ness monster didn't exist. Everyone is constantly drunk and there is a very high level of MS due to the horrible weather. I couldn't sleep at night due to the constant bagpipe noise. I am never going back.
What's the spring-breathing jasmine and rose What's the summer with all its gay train Or the splendour of autumn to those Who've bartered their freedom for gain Let the love of our land's sacred rights To the love of our people succeed Let friendship and honour unite And flourish on both sides the Tweed No sweetness the senses can cheer Which corruption and bribery bind No brightness that gloom can e'er clear For honour's the sum of the mind
To me.....this is Mary Black at her best. Beautiful, beautiful vocals and just lovely instrument arrangement. Later it seems like some of Mary's albums became very overproduced and lack the purest of vocals and arrrangements as this song and "Song For Ireland." Not that her later albums aren't good, they are, but I just feel that this song and some of the earlier material is Mary at her very best!
Hace unos tres años me interesé por la música celta, pese a estar tan lejana a nuestra geografía colombiana. Esta tonada tan triste y nostalgica ha sido la que más me ha llamado la atención. No hay semana que no la escuche, pese a que los dos lados del Tweed me resulten incomprensibles.
Una canción que habla de honor, de la virtud que hace ricos a los pobres y distingue a los guerreros me resulta hermosa e impactante.
How could anyone dislike this song?!
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This one time I went to Scotland. It rained non-stop and was freezing cold. Everyone is overweight and has false teeth. All the men are transvestites and the women look like men. I was attacked by a swarm of midges and thrown out of a pub for saying that the Loch Ness monster didn't exist. Everyone is constantly drunk and there is a very high level of MS due to the horrible weather. I couldn't sleep at night due to the constant bagpipe noise. I am never going back.
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AhlaWahde 2 months ago
This song is amazingly beautiful! You can just cry listening to it. This is the kind of song I would want on my funeral.
AhlaWahde 2 months ago
I love this song. It is so amazingly beautiful to sing and hear.
Thefoodcomedy1113 3 months ago
This is the music I put to 'So Long and Thanks for All the Fish - Douglas Adams' in the scene where he is with the beautiful lady in the sky.
brittonseanweb 4 months ago
This is the best version of this song.
gavinjengel 5 months ago 2
To me.....this is Mary Black at her best. Beautiful, beautiful vocals and just lovely instrument arrangement. Later it seems like some of Mary's albums became very overproduced and lack the purest of vocals and arrrangements as this song and "Song For Ireland." Not that her later albums aren't good, they are, but I just feel that this song and some of the earlier material is Mary at her very best!
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sameeranajdyg 1 year ago
beautiful mary. truely beautiful
auldnickdevlin 1 year ago
Beautiful song and lovely to sing!!!!!
musicbyheartandsoul 1 year ago
ALBA GO BRAGH !!!
bluevocals 1 year ago
great version but you have to listen to dick gaughans version a nations concience personified
raggieprop1 1 year ago
Wow - what an incredibly beautiful song! Tears come unbidden to this man's eyes. This is an exceptional love song to a nation.
kevinkgillette 1 year ago 2
Does anyone have these guitar tabs?
cheers fabian
Leinew 1 year ago
Lovely!!
philmari5254 1 year ago
Hace unos tres años me interesé por la música celta, pese a estar tan lejana a nuestra geografía colombiana. Esta tonada tan triste y nostalgica ha sido la que más me ha llamado la atención. No hay semana que no la escuche, pese a que los dos lados del Tweed me resulten incomprensibles.
Una canción que habla de honor, de la virtud que hace ricos a los pobres y distingue a los guerreros me resulta hermosa e impactante.
arleisonarcos 1 year ago 4
@arleisonarcos The title refers to the River Tweed, which marks the border between Scotland and England.
Air420 1 year ago
Very beautiful song!
phoenixpaciscor 2 years ago
really magnificent.
godinlowden 2 years ago
Awesome.
Kielerwoche1 2 years ago
o....nicki toller link:)
1830ify 2 years ago
pure soul xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xlollyxxbabiix 2 years ago 2
The true Scottish National Anthem !
smeghead1851 2 years ago 13
@smeghead1851 Definitely! Along with Dougie Maclean's 'Caledonia'.
blacksunfish 1 year ago
Lovely version of this song.
Planxti 2 years ago 2