well as a recent poster, sorry if I offended.

I recently decided to become a mudcat guest to prevent me venturing an opinion below the line, where the atmosphere of abuse is a bit too rich for me. Probably I'm getting too old to savour being called names.

As to Caledonia. i was in a duo with guy from Anstruther for about four years. Caledonia was a song we considered doing. he had a high opinion of the song and felt that certain grammatical constructions like 'steady thinking' were very typically Scottish.

Still if Caledonia is on the road - you don't care to take. that is entirely your right. Its up to you to forge your own compelling statement from the numerous traditions available in our islands.