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This was earlier than usual for such parties but two of the\u00a0men had to be away fishing by 3.30am.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><em>O flower of Scotland \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0When will we see your like again<\/em><br \/>\n<em>That fought and died for \u00a0 \u00a0Your wee bit hill and glen<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And stood against him \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Proud Edward&#8217;s army<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And sent him homeward \u00a0 \u00a0Tae think again<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>The hills are bare now \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0And autumn leaves lie thick and still<\/em><br \/>\n<em>O&#8217;er land that&#8217;s lost now \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Which those sae dearly held<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And stood against him \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Proud Edward&#8217;s army<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And sent him homeward \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Tae think again.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><em>O flower of Scotland \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0When will we see your like again<\/em><br \/>\n<em>That fought and died for \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Your wee bit hill and glen<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And stood against him \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Proud Edward&#8217;s army<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And sent him homeward \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Tae think again<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>The hills are bare now \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0And autumn leaves lie thick and still<\/em><br \/>\n<em>O&#8217;er land that is lost now \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Which those sae dearly held<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And stood against him \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Proud Edward&#8217;s army<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And sent him homeward \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Tae think again<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><em>O flower of Scotland \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0When will we see your like again<\/em><br \/>\n<em>That fought and died for \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Your wee bit hill and glen<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And stood against him \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Proud Edward&#8217;s army<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And sent him homeward \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Tae think again<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em>Those days are passed now \u00a0 And in the past they must remain<\/em><br \/>\n<em>But we can still rise now \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0And be the nation again<\/em><br \/>\n<em>That stood against him \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Proud Edward&#8217;s army<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And sent him homeward \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Tae think again<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><em>O flower of Scotland \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0When will we see your like again<\/em><br \/>\n<em>That fought and died for \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Your wee bit hill and glen<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And stood against him \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Proud Edward&#8217;s army<\/em><br \/>\n<em>And sent him homeward \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Tae think again<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Thanks to Ronnie Browne, Roy Williamson&#8217;s\u00a0partner in The Corries\u00a0for permission to publish this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/2015\/03\/01\/flower-of-scotland\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,25,34,26,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-davy-arthur-and-netta","category-songs","category-a-h","category-arthur-stewart","category-uncategorised"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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