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Thread #12515   Message #2211257
Posted By: Dita
08-Dec-07 - 10:02 AM
Thread Name: Origin: Flower of Scotland (Roy Williamson)
Subject: RE: Origin: Flower of Scotland
I think that Hamish believed, that to be a Nationalist, you had first to be an Inernationalist.


On another topic the British Anthem "God save the King/Queen", was an anti-Jacobite song written as Bonnie Prince Charlie was invading England. It has anti-Scots sentiments, and up until the Sixties appeared in hymn books in Scottish schools with the anti-Scots 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 King.

John