He was in the Kings Own Scottish Borderers and landed on Sword Beach in the D Day landings. This was his regimental march, the Blue Bonnets and as a bairn I was priveleged to get all the stories and inspiring moments.
Ronnie Brown wrote Flower of Scotland which was the un official national anthem of Scotland for years...and still is to some.The Corries were the top folk band there for most of the 60 s
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Scotlands anthem was "God save the Queen"
They were invaded you know.Most Scots saw Flower of Scotland as their Anthem. When they finally got their own government a new one was written which isnt about killing Englishmen.
We in Scotland will never recognise "God save the Queen" as our national anthem. Flower of Scotland is and will always be our National Anthem. Nothing against Lizzie and her family but I would rather sing God save our country SCOTLAND, England is seperate in my view.
@ScotsLyon show me any official version that contains those lyrics and i will hand over my entire life earnings to you. there have been countless different versions of that song, most of them (including that one) which where only proposed but never used, and it was proposed by a newspaper, not an official
Nice comment, but it was Roy Williamson who wrote Flower Of Scotland. Ronnie Browne has been doing a great job with it since Roy's been gone. God bless them both, they were the best!
This minds me of my dad, a few years dead now.
He was in the Kings Own Scottish Borderers and landed on Sword Beach in the D Day landings. This was his regimental march, the Blue Bonnets and as a bairn I was priveleged to get all the stories and inspiring moments.
As a result this song moves me deeply.
nacho1560 2 years ago 2
My Granddad was in KOSB, he served in Korea and the Congo; a British and Scotch hero.
I can't think of the Corries without remembering driving up to the Highlands for his funeral.
skaisaliveandwell 2 years ago 5
your dad was a hero then? Like my Dad that generation that fought in WW2 are now gone and we should remember them .
kendoscot 2 years ago 5
They be not all gun yet... though the years wane on relentlessly, in life or death shall they not be forgotten
japanrussell 2 years ago 8
not only did they keep scots folk music alive in the 60s and 70s but the jacobite spirit aswell
witchhunter32 3 years ago 6
YEEEEESSSSSS!! get it up ye ya sassanachs!!
ScottieWallace 3 years ago 5
These boys single handedly kept Scottish folk music alive during the 60's and 70's. Nobody has taken the reigns.
tarrboy 3 years ago 35
those instruments are cool but must be hard on the wrists
bigajosep 3 years ago 3
classic!
Snadd1987 3 years ago 7
Never even heard of them but wow they are amazing :)
Nosillla 3 years ago 7
Ronnie Brown wrote Flower of Scotland which was the un official national anthem of Scotland for years...and still is to some.The Corries were the top folk band there for most of the 60 s
ceoljoel 3 years ago 7
How can something stop being the unofficial national anthem? Was it superseeded by another unofficial national anthem?
Pomepwns 3 years ago 5
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Scotlands anthem was "God save the Queen"
They were invaded you know.Most Scots saw Flower of Scotland as their Anthem. When they finally got their own government a new one was written which isnt about killing Englishmen.
ceoljoel 3 years ago
We in Scotland will never recognise "God save the Queen" as our national anthem. Flower of Scotland is and will always be our National Anthem. Nothing against Lizzie and her family but I would rather sing God save our country SCOTLAND, England is seperate in my view.
iamdrhaggis 3 years ago 5
My dad alway brought us up to consider "Scots wha hae" to be the proper anthem for we of Scots blood.
starfighter441 2 years ago 5
So you think the Scots national anthem included the 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!"
Well I for one can think you can shove this where the sun don't shine
As a French-Scot
Viva the old alliance vive la vieille alliance
ScotsLyon 2 years ago 6
the old alliance was a good idea but didnt work , we helped france but they never helped us
witchhunter32 2 years ago
@ScotsLyon show me any official version that contains those lyrics and i will hand over my entire life earnings to you. there have been countless different versions of that song, most of them (including that one) which where only proposed but never used, and it was proposed by a newspaper, not an official
rmartin232 1 year ago
Nice comment, but it was Roy Williamson who wrote Flower Of Scotland. Ronnie Browne has been doing a great job with it since Roy's been gone. God bless them both, they were the best!
babbi43 3 years ago 17
An absolutely fabulous performance. This may be my favorite Corries tune--although it would be impossible to choose from so many great works.
irishcottage 4 years ago 11