Flower of Scotland

«Flower of Scotland» (skotsk-gælisk: Flùr na h-Alba) er en av Skottlands uoffisielle nasjonalsanger. I likhet med England har heller ikke Skottland noen offisiell nasjonalhymne, men «Flower of Scotland» benyttes som nasjonens fremste sang sammen med «Scotland the Brave».

«Flower of Scotland» ble skrevet av Roy Williamson i 1967. Sangen viser til en militær skotsk seier over den engelske kong Edvard II. Slaget ved Bannockburn i 1314 ble ledet av skottenes konge, Robert Bruce, som ifølge sangteksten sendte Edvards hær hjem til England for å tenke seg om.

O Flower of Scotland When will we see Your like again, That fought and died for Your wee bit Hill and Glen And stood against him Proud Edward's Army, And sent him homeward Tae think again. The Hills are bare now And Autumn leaves lie thick and still O'er land that is lost now Which those so dearly heldThat stood against him Proud Edward's Army And sent him homeward Tae think again. Those days are past now And in the past they must remain But we can still rise now And be the nation again That stood against him Proud Edward's Army And sent him homeward, Tae think again. O Flower of Scotland When will we see Your like again, That fought and died for Your wee bit Hill and Glen And stood against him Proud Edward's Army, And sent him homeward Tae think again.

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