"Flower of Scotland" was subsequently adopted by Scotland for use at FIFA-sponsored events, after its usage by the Scottish rugby union team. "Scotland the Brave" was played before matches involving the Scotland national football team at the 1982, 1986, and 1990 FIFA World Cups. "Scotland the Brave" is also the authorised pipe band march of the British Columbia Dragoons of the Canadian Armed Forces. However, Hyslop intended his poem to be sung to the melody of Sir Walter Scott of Abbotsford, 1st Baronet's "Boat Song" from " The Lady of the Lake" and not "Scotland the Brave". Another set of lyrics also often heard were sung by Canadian singer John Charles McDermott they are closely based on the poem "Let Italy Boast" by James Hyslop, which was first published in 1821 in The Edinburgh Magazine. The lyrics commonly used now were written about 1950 by Scottish journalist Clifford Leonard Clark "Cliff" Hanley for singer Robert Wilson as part of an arrangement by Marion McClurg. The earliest known printing of the tune was in the Utah Musical Bouquet, January 1878, and the earliest known version printed in Scotland is in The National Choir, 1891. The tune probably originated in the late 19th century. The lyrics were added in 1950 by Scottish journalist Cliff Hanley." Scotland the Brave" ( Scottish Gaelic: Alba an Àigh) is a Scottish patriotic song, one of three often considered an unofficial Scottish national anthem (the others being " Flower of Scotland", and " Scots Wha Hae"). The tune first appeared at the beginning of the 20th century. Scotland the Brave is a popular patriotic song of Scotland.
0 kommentar(er)
