The Corries - Flower Of Scotland

(November 2008 re-release of 1990 recording) 13 tracks (48 mins): Stirling Brig * Kelvin Grove * The Vicar and the Frog * The Bona Line * The Loo Song * The Black Douglas * The Bonnie Ship The Diamond * Mothers, Daughters, Wives * Tibbie Dunbar * Shenandoah * The Castle of Drumore * The Food Blues * Flower of Scotland.

Includes the original version of The Flower Of Scotland.

Roy Williamson and Ronnie Browne play guitars, combolins, concertina, harmonica, bodhran, kazoo, cittern, mandolins and more.

"The moods swing from stirring march tempo to soulful pathos, from rousing polemic to social comment with a sting in its tail, from lovelorn longing to the compulsive mixture of lament and swagger in Flower of Scotland. Throughout, as usual, the response of an audience is often there to remind you how much you should be enjoying yourself." (W Gordon Smith)

The Flower of Scotland
Lyrics and music Roy Williamson
© The Corries (Music) Ltd

O flower of Scotland
When will we see
Your like again
That fought and died for
Your 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
And autumn leaves lie thick and still
O'er land that is lost now
Which those so dearly held
And stood against him
Proud Edward's army
And sent him homeward
Tae think again

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