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should this be our new national anthem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoTaibLvkC8

Nice one, Andy! Good pics, apt words. But maybe the tune isn't up to full anthem status! You spotted the spelling error too? Of course!

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The lyrics are spot on, but I don't think the Corries' rather average accoustic strumming gives it the depth and grandeur required for an anthem.

Maybe an orchestral and/or pipe band treatment of this would be the answer?

(Lyrics below)
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SCOTLAND WILL FLOURISH . . .

Scotland will flourish by the sweat of labor
The strength of our will and the force of our mind
Forget the old battles, those days are over
Hatred corrupts and friendship refines

Let the Scots be a nation proud of their heritage
With an eye to the future and a heart to forgive
And let us be rid of those bigots and fools
Who will not let Scotland live and let live

Let us govern over country wisely and fairly
Let each man and woman work with a will
And Scotland will flourish secure in the knowledge
That we reap our own harvest and ring our own till

And let us be known for our kind hospitality
A hand that is open proper to friends
A hard working people, proud and unbending
Scotland will thrive and win out in the end

Scotland will flourish by the sweat of labor
The strength of our will and the force of our mind
Forget the old battles, those days are over
Hatred corrupts and friendship refines

So let us be known for our kind hospitality
A hand that is open proper to friends
A hard working people, proud and unbending
Scotland will thrive and win out in the end


NickB

Hmmmmm - I wonder what it would sound like being sung by a football crowd. I don't think they'd keep up the pace and would probably end up 5 minutes after the band stops

Hmmm - nice!

Catchy little number - good lyrics too. I agree with Nick B though needs a bit more oomph in the musical score - something more rabble rousing...

Keep it simple and catchy....boom bang a bang. The lyrics in this are far too laborious. Toss out every second and fifth word in six and you get about the right amount of content, making it shorter and no more a mouthful to get out.

Do a scottish version of Land of Hope and Glory and you will get something more akin to a national anthem

"You are you country - Your country is you"

If it's going to be the Corries - why not the "Dawning of the Day" - still relevant after 30 years. Youtube that if you will!!!!!!

Yeah sure you can beef it up with some orchestration - but the words are the emotion, sentiment, passion and power - the tune a merely vehicle to deliver them.

Just so long as it's not some old bat whining a man's a man - dirge or what.
or worse still - some Donald Shaw/Karen Mathieson souless inanity


PS - surely it's "Tulla"?????????

not bad! catchy but agree it could do with being a bit more upbeat especially for football crowds.....shame they spelt course wrong at st andrews!!

Think Canu has a more realistic view on modern Scotland......and the corries, although lyrically better than yon other dirge they wrote it is still 1970's kitch.
Hows about no national anthem and get important stuff (poverty, etc) sorted out....
If not hows about "in a big country" by Big Country......or perhaps "Restless Natives"

canUsmellthat wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scNLfr1EP08

Bl**dy hell!!

Seventh Seil sez:

Think Canu has a more realistic view on modern Scotland

Well, if that is an appropriate anthem for modern Scotland then we might as well all kill ourselves now.

You first, Seventh. You obviously don't see any grounds for optimism over the future of Seil or Scotland.

What exactly is the connection between a light-hearted discussion over a possible national anthem and the issue of poverty in our society? For goodness' sake lighten up a bit old chap.

U Smell - welcome back from your absense.

Sadly, you don't present us with your unfounded knowledge on this occasion but subject us to this foul-mouthed acted-out "gangsta" nonsense.

Perhaps you should be placed in the same category as the last people who presented us with their unpleasant images!!

....and it's a pity you have to resort to this to try to shock us into emmigration !!

Hey, Smellie, shape up or ship out...

Deirie me what peice of rubbish music. What are you lot thinking?The Corries haven't written a peice worth listening to in this context, we should have an anthem specially written, modern music and words

I think canusmellthat makes an interesting contribution. Ignorance can be bliss, and whilst most of us don't admire the content of this video it does open your eyes to what is out there....and it's not all good. So Seil Blubber adds a bit about poverty and gets rubbished for doing so. But one assumes this video is a result of a poor upbringing. What's the harm in going off-topic? This site is called Seil Chat. When you sit with friends to chat do you start out by saying today you can only talk about environmental issues, or Eastenders otherwise you will have to go and join another group and discuss another topic?

I know similar sites where a thread is started, "I wonder where this thread will go?" Several thousand posts later it is still going strong.

This site benefits from wide and varying views, and I don't think anyone should be ridiculed or made to feel uncomfortable for contributing to the site (unless of course they break rules on decency, prejudice, etc)

Carry on canusmellthat

I can't beleive I just watched that NED video.

I now understand why some animals eat thier young.

Cheers

Bob

Hows aboots:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ceHMXpl1ncg

Eric the Viking wrote:Hows aboots:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ceHMXpl1ncg

Yeah, that'll do!

maybe get some of our local wannabes to give us an anthem maybe get something better out of them