Scotland The Brave - The Poem 'Scotland In My Heart'.

- Scotland in My Heart -

Babbling brooks gurgling, mist rising to clouds.
Dancing relationships of grasses and herbs.
Heather so fanciful, crowding the fields
Wee bairns rolypolying down inclines of hills.

Winding roads leading to hearts desire
Silhouettes on the landscape, sunset on fire
Girls in white dresses, so crisp and so neat
Life's landscape of riches, laid at my feet.

Warm are the country folk, honest and true
Sharing life's pleasures and fortune with you
Taking time out to listen, caring and kind
Rare the compassion, it's so hard to find.

So deep are the Lochs, true mythical site
Dragons of darkness lurk there at night
Breathing fire and brimstone, leaving Fools Gold
I think I'll spend time with them when I grow old.

So green is this Country, viridian delight
The hills of Glencoe, a breathtaking sight
With pipers on hillside, to welcome mankind
My heart lies in Scotland, my anchor, my mind.

For all this is my heritage from long ago
And my heart beats so strong for this country I know
In pure Celtic essence, it's where I belong
Scotland my saviour, my Poem, my song.

The souls of great Poets are all around
The lyrical verse, the lament and the sound
Of bellowing bagpipes tear at my heart
With belonging, and knowing, we too soon shall part.

I will take one last stroll through the fields so fine
Taking heart in the knowledge that this was all mine
For free, and so beautiful, forever will be
My great, strong, true Scotland
This Country, and me.

So lay me down in this wonderful land
Touch me with kindness by genuine hand
Fond memories forever in my mind I will save
My heart, soul. - my being;
Scotland the Brave.

Christianna 2005.

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- Scotland the Brave -

Hark when the night is falling,
Hear! hear the pipes are calling,
Loudly and proudly calling,
Down thro' the glen.
There where the hills are sleeping,
Now feel the blood a-leaping,
High as the spirits of the old Highland men.

~ Chorus ~
Towering in gallant fame,
Scotland my mountain hame,
High may your proud standards gloriously wave,
Land of my high endeavour,
Land of the shining river,
Land of my heart for ever,
Scotland the brave.

High in the misty Highlands
Out by the purple islands,
Brave are the hearts that beat
Beneath Scottish skies.
Wild are the winds to meet you,
Staunch are the friends that greet you,
Kind as the love that shines from fair maidens' eyes.
Chorus

Far off in sunlit places
Sad are the Scottish faces,
Yearning to feel the kiss
Of sweet Scottish rain.
Where the tropics are beaming
Love sets the heart a-dreaming,
Longing and dreaming for the hameland again.
Chorus

Written By Cliff Hanley.

~ History of Scotland ~

The history of Scotland begins around 10,000 years ago, when humans first began to inhabit Scotland after the end of the Devensian glaciation, the last ice age. Of the Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age civilization that existed in the country, many artifacts remain, but few written records were left behind.

The written history of Scotland largely begins with the arrival of the Roman Empire in Britain, when the Romans occupied what is now broadly England and Wales, administering it as a Roman province called Britannia. To the north was territory not governed by the Romans - Caledonia, by name. Its people were the Picts. From a classical historical viewpoint Scotland seemed a peripheral country, slow to gain advances filtering out from the Mediterranean fount of civilisation, but as knowledge of the past increases it has become apparent that some developments were earlier and more advanced than previously thought, and that the seaways were very important to Scottish history.

Because of the geographical orientation of Scotland and its strong reliance on trade routes by sea, the kingdom held close links in the south and east with the Baltic countries, and through Ireland with France and the continent of Europe. Following the Acts of Union which united Scotland with England into the Kingdom of Great Britain, and the subsequent Scottish Enlightenment and Industrial Revolution, Scotland became one of the commercial, intellectual and industrial powerhouses of Europe.

Its industrial decline following the Second World War was particularly acute, but in recent decades the country has enjoyed something of a cultural and economic renaissance, fuelled in part by a resurgent financial services sector, the proceeds of North Sea oil and gas, and latterly a devolved parliament.

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'The prickly purple thistle was adopted as the Emblem of Scotland during the rein of Alexander III (1249 -1286). Legend has it that an Army of King Haakon of Norway, intent on conquering the Scots landed at the Coast of Largs at night to surprise the sleeping Scottish Clansmen. In order to move more stealthily under the cover of darkness the Norsemen removed their footwear.

As they drew near to the Scots it wasn't the only thing hiding under the cover of darkness. For one of Haakon's men unfortunately stood on one of these spiny little defenders and shrieked out in pain, alerting the Clansmen of the advancing Norsemen. Needless to say, it was the Scots who won the day'.

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