Hi! It's been a LONG time....

The best version of STB that I know is one that John McDermott sings. Pretty much the same tune, but the lyrics are WAY better than the norm. I don't think that these alternate lyrics are on The Mudcat. I'll try post them tomorrow (after I go home, look them up etc.).

It start off tho' with:

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,
While freedom expires amidst softness and sighs.

(And then something like--)

Scotland’s blue mountains wild,
Where hoary cliffs are piled,
Towering in grandeur are dearer to me.
Land of the mystic cloud
Land of the sacred shroud
Land of the brave and proud
Land of the free...

But yeah, I'll get all the words for ya. They're a lot more meaningful and majestic (& make more sense that what I've written here) than the common version.

Marki

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