Yes, we all love “Hermless” in Scotland, but Michael Marra’s suggestion of it for an anthem for Scotland was hugely tongue in cheek! Can you seriously imagine it being sung at big state occasions, sporting fixtures and the like? Not in a million years, but still very happy to sing it in every pub session (whatever happened to them?) - a Scottish pub anthem but never a national anthem!
Re Flower of Scotland and that thing about the pipe scale; we just get used to it! Not a big deal!