I have no association with Scotland, I'm from the south of England, but the sound of the mass bands with the pipes and drums always makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end. How anyone cannot be moved by this sound is beyond me. Just an amazing sound !
Im English - Not Scottish, I have no knowledge of Scottish blood, and no marriage in or out of our family with any Scottish links... so I dont get why when out dreary slow nation anthem plays Im asleep by the end of the first use of the word "queen"... But when the Scottish anthem starts... "Oh Flower of..." Im already crying with Pride. The Scottish are a wonderful race in a beautiful country. Long may they be the strong people they are.
If, like me, you had ended up spending your life in the US when all you wanted was to be in the UK you might find God Save the Queen a lot more moving. I love the bagpipes. Very stirring and I hope Great Britain remains United as Scotland would be an immense cultural loss. Do the Scots remember, I wonder, that it was James VI of Scotland who became James I of England not the other way round? Mind you, I have to say that for several hundred years the English treated the Scots a lot like the French treated the English after the Conquest. Could we not recognize that we are stronger together? That the English benefit immensely from the cultural heritage of Scotland and the Scots benefit immensely from the money flowing in from the UK?
I`m an old Scot ,but the sound of the Pipes still makes the blood run fast ,and the Hackles rise when I hear the music of my beloved Country Alba gu brach
Jesus, imagine being an enemy and hearing that sound over the other side of a hill getting nearer, you'd quite literally be shitting yourself - i love it! FANTASTIC - what a great people the Scots and Scotland :-)
@@paulbelsey7111 And during the Napoleonic wars, the English hated the sound of the Scots pises. They KNEW they were in for a very severe beating. The Auld Alliance. Scotland & France. Traditions die hard. The shame is, brothers die.
I'm Indonesian and love Scottish national anthem. I lived in Edinburgh for one year with friendly people and beautiful landscape. Hopefully I can go back there one day.
Jesus, the sound.....imagine being over the horizon and these chaps are on their way for you, your hair would be on end hearing the drums and pipes, and i can only imagine you'd be scared shitless - i love it - long live Scotland from Ireland
It appears that Scots have a particular talent in the field of playing bag pipes.Wonderful.They are winning a coveted place in the hearts of people around the world parti cularly the peace living people.Thank you dear Scotsmen.We respect your talents deeply.Thank you.
I was born in South Africa to parents and grandparents born here of Scots extraction, This moves me, the pipes make me want to join William Wallace and send Edward homeward again,.
+John Wilson I've never been to Scotland,though my grandfather is half Scottish,and the first time I heard pipes as a kid my throat got tight and my eyes teared up,with an emotion I've never felt hearing any other instrument,and I've never stopped feeling it.I have two sisters who can't stand them,and of the three of us I'm the only one who's ever been asked if I had Scottish ancestry,so I guess the genetics came to me,and not to them...at least as far as looks and the pipes are concerned.I love them.
My last name represents the emblem of THE LION RAMPANT IN RED. VERY PROUD OF IT. LONG LIVE SCOTLAND WITH BRITAIN OR NOT.GOD BLESS THEM INFINITELY. A PROUD CANADIAN SPEAKING OUT.
Thank you Mr Shewen. As a Scot American, 2nd generation American I feel the same exactly. I am getting a good Scots education from a neighbor here. I only hope all the things that you do as well.
Some of the lyrics: 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, To 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 held, That stood against him, Proud Edward's Army, And sent him homeward, To 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, To think again.
It was James, a Scottish king who became the King of England also, and called it The United Kingdom... Yeah RIGHT! Scotland got lost in the shuffle. The only time Scotland EVER got a share, or MORE than a share of anything was in wars; for instance, the 51st Highland Division was left to fight in France in 1940, while the rest of the British Army, AND thousands of French troops escaped at Dunkirk, I was a wee boy when my brother John and my cousin Elliot, Seaforth Highlanders were killed at that time. I am now, and have been a proud American Citizen for many years, but stll live in the hope that Scotland will once again have men like the Flower of Scotland, who sent what was left of King Edward's Army back to England after Bannockburn in 1314. The Scots and Scotland are greatly admired in the United States, they are not thought of as War Time disposables.
@@patrickkelly7085 .......and long may it continue to do so, against these pompous, tyrannical, fascist barstewards......despised as they are, all across the planet !
Janet omg flower of Scotland is my favourite song,l love watching and hearing the pipes and drums. it makes me so so proud to be Scottish . and love watching our brave and proud guys coming home on parade God bless you all and thank you for your service to your country..!! ❤❤
Just a thought, few know why the highland regiments wear them, its a throwback to the retreat from Corunna, when they wore out their boots and tied strips of blanket around their feet.
@@phoenixwright5743 Not necessarily. Whilst tartan refers to woollen cloth woven in one of several patterns of coloured checks and intersecting lines; plaid can refer to the same thing but, usually in the UK, it refers to a specific long piece of tartan worn over the shoulder as part of Highland dress.
The majestic sound of the pipes and drums cannot be beaten --- awesome rendition of the Flower of Alba --- still listening in Aug 2024 tears and goosebumps
I'm an English man and the flower of Scotland is the best anthem in the world. Gives you goosebumps
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Respect for the comment as a Scotman
I agree 👍
I'm a Scot but I absolutely love Land of my Father sung by a Welsh Male voice Choir!
@Corayn Bell I've just listened to welsh anthem it's up there with flower of Scotland both give me goosebumps. Ours is boring 😴 😆 🤣
I have lived in America for 40 years but Scotland will.always be home.
Thank you 🏴
I have lived in America for 42 years but Scotland will always be home.
I have no association with Scotland, I'm from the south of England, but the sound of the mass bands with the pipes and drums always makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end. How anyone cannot be moved by this sound is beyond me. Just an amazing sound !
I'm the same, I get tingles down my spine when I hear the pipes, and I'm from Dutch, French and Ukrainian ancestry😏.
Brothers keith.
Scotch Irish and mostly Scandinavian ancestry but damn do I love the pipes
I’m Italian and feel the same! ❤️🏴
these sounds stopped the Romans so they build hasty a wall 🤣😂😉
PRAISE THE LORD
AND GOD BLESS AND KEEP SCOTLAND FREE
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Amen. England is being destroyed. I long to go back to Scotland
@@Joan.Sandmoor bbq
From who the EU
Our family have been in New Zealand since the 1850 arrived from Chirnside and duns.i still feel very Scottish.
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I was born in Wales 🏴, but my heart lies in Scotland 🏴
In zwei Jahren werde ich mein Rock bekommen stolze ich bin❤
Greetings from Russia. This music is beautiful so much. It made me strong. I, m proud. Thanks.
i love the sound off the pipes and the drums and as an english man myself and scotland is a great place
Im English - Not Scottish, I have no knowledge of Scottish blood, and no marriage in or out of our family with any Scottish links...
so I dont get why when out dreary slow nation anthem plays Im asleep by the end of the first use of the word "queen"...
But when the Scottish anthem starts... "Oh Flower of..." Im already crying with Pride.
The Scottish are a wonderful race in a beautiful country. Long may they be the strong people they are.
I agree
Bless you and love from the highlands
You're a scot, in your heart. If you'd be shoulder to shoulder with good men when tyranny comes to crush the will of men.... You're a scot.
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF THE SCOTS. FREEDOM
If, like me, you had ended up spending your life in the US when all you wanted was to be in the UK you might find God Save the Queen a lot more moving. I love the bagpipes. Very stirring and I hope Great Britain remains United as Scotland would be an immense cultural loss. Do the Scots remember, I wonder, that it was James VI of Scotland who became James I of England not the other way round? Mind you, I have to say that for several hundred years the English treated the Scots a lot like the French treated the English after the Conquest. Could we not recognize that we are stronger together? That the English benefit immensely from the cultural heritage of Scotland and the Scots benefit immensely from the money flowing in from the UK?
It's like nothing I've ever heard before,absolutely priceless!God bless the men who fought for Scotland
Thank you 🙏
Beautiful! I’m not Scottish, but the bagpipes and music are wonderful! They make my heart swell and my eyes teary!
Aye they sure do
With you there
I am Scottish and the pipes bring tears to my eyes and love of my country and their traditions
what great beats the pipers and the drummers perform such a classic tune the best in scotland
J'adore.,flower of scotland, felicitation a l'Écosse pour ce choix !!!
Merci!
Jesus i'm a 60 year old Proud Welshman but this still brings a tear to my eye, God bless you Scots.
Im a 48 yo american with british blood...scot english welsh and irish.. Every time I hear the anthems and songs of the British I get chills
I’am a Frenchman, and it also brings a tear to me eyes, as well as the « Land of my father »... we all have celtic roots...
I'm french of 40 years and it makes me the same thing
You still have the best anthem
Reduces me to tears, such a beautiful sound..
Thank you 🙏🏴
I`m an old Scot ,but the sound of the Pipes still makes the blood run fast ,and the Hackles rise when I hear the music of my beloved Country Alba gu brach
Alba gu bràth 💙
Alba gu brach
Long live Scotland from Indiana 🇺🇸
c'est magnifique
And from Kentucky! ❤
Jesus, imagine being an enemy and hearing that sound over the other side of a hill getting nearer, you'd quite literally be shitting yourself - i love it! FANTASTIC - what a great people the Scots and Scotland :-)
Well spotted Andrew. During the Napoleonic wars the French hated the sound of the Scots pipes. They KNEW they were in for a very severe beating!!!
The nazis called the highland regiment the ladies from hell, take from that what you will. Alba gu brath 🏴
@@paulbelsey7111 And during the Napoleonic wars, the English hated the sound of the Scots pises. They KNEW they were in for a very severe beating. The Auld Alliance. Scotland & France. Traditions die hard. The shame is, brothers die.
We are the enemy..heard it laughed ..colonised the piss heads anyway ..
Tis said when you hear the pipes across the moors, you know you're going to die and you know how long you've got to live.
What a Proud Nation!! Awsome.
jus awesome…. I love you Scotland, and scotts….
I love this video scotlan the best country
Scotland has no need of arms. Ein Land mit so schöner Musik hat keine Feinde! :-)
Da geb ich dir recht!
Ich krieg Heimweh.....
respect from Holland.Be proud of your culture
I'm Indonesian and love Scottish national anthem. I lived in Edinburgh for one year with friendly people and beautiful landscape. Hopefully I can go back there one day.
Scotland is beautiful!
Love the way the pipe major keeps time with his foot and the band all follow
Your always welcomed otay.
The most beautiful bagpipes I've ever heard! Wonderful.
Thank you 🙏🏴
Jesus, the sound.....imagine being over the horizon and these chaps are on their way for you, your hair would be on end hearing the drums and pipes, and i can only imagine you'd be scared shitless - i love it - long live Scotland from Ireland
That's why England banned them during the wars with Scotland
I agree...I'd have run my arse off!
Hence the reason for being dubbed the Ladies from Hell by the Germans who learned first hand.
And some Americans say that white people don’t have culture...
@@Inquisitor_Vex they cin kiss ma arse
Long live Scotland, from France.
entente cordiale
Merci Beaucoup
Magnifique Hymne que l’Hymne Écossais!!!
L'une des plus belle hymme
long live scottlands , from Germany /Cologne
I. M not a scot but love Scotland
Da bleibt nur noch Gänsehaut Feeling wunderschön .Scotland Be proud for Your Bagpipes and Drums🔝
I love this song. Soo beautiful. Flower of Scotland
Google 'Caledonia' by Dougie McLean - you'll love it. Brings tears to my eyes. I'm from Scotland - not a Nationalist
Absolutely beautiful anthem
Forever 👏👏👏👏 god bless 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴 2023 and those around us
Respect..
Have never been to Scotland, may never go, Flower of Scotland never fails to tear me up.
Tremendous songs that bring us all to the remembrance of glorious times that seem to have been forgotten.
Never heard this version but still good to hear it.
Must be smokey in here.......my eyes are watering.
Tears in my eyes and goosebumps all over my body. Rise up Bonnie Scotland. Alba gu brath. SLAINTHE MWAH
It appears that Scots have a particular talent in the field of playing bag pipes.Wonderful.They are winning a coveted place in the hearts of people around the world parti cularly the peace living people.Thank you dear Scotsmen.We respect your talents deeply.Thank you.
Google 'Caledonia' by Dougie McLean - you'll love it. Brings tears to my eyes. I'm from Scotland - not a Nationalist
It brought tears to my eyes....it was so beautiful..
I was born in South Africa to parents and grandparents born here of Scots extraction, This moves me, the pipes make me want to join William Wallace and send Edward homeward again,.
The best three years of my life was when I lived in Scotland.
Move back theres plenty o room
@gordon hunter it only rained twice, once for 12 months the other time for 24 months.
I have been away from alba for over fifty years and I still get goose bumps when I hear massed pipe bands.
+John Wilson I've never been to Scotland,though my grandfather is half Scottish,and the first time I heard pipes as a kid my throat got tight and my eyes teared up,with an emotion I've never felt hearing any other instrument,and I've never stopped feeling it.I have two sisters who can't stand them,and of the three of us I'm the only one who's ever been asked if I had Scottish ancestry,so I guess the genetics came to me,and not to them...at least as far as looks and the pipes are concerned.I love them.
Google 'Caledonia' by Dougie McLean - you'll love it. Brings tears to my eyes. I'm from Scotland - not a Nationalist
Most amazing gives me goose bumps every time i listen to it!!!
Love it
I agree. Scotland's most beautiful Anthem. Love it. From Linda in South Africa
Google 'Caledonia' by Dougie McLean - you'll love it. Brings tears to my eyes. I'm from Scotland - not a Nationalist
No words , just listen ❤️
My last name represents the emblem of THE LION RAMPANT IN RED. VERY PROUD OF IT. LONG LIVE SCOTLAND WITH BRITAIN OR NOT.GOD BLESS THEM INFINITELY. A PROUD CANADIAN SPEAKING OUT.
Thank you Mr Shewen. As a Scot American, 2nd generation American I feel the same exactly. I am getting a good Scots education from a neighbor here. I only hope all the things that you do as well.
rise up brave Scotland by this music and take your place in the europe of tomorrow ! greetings from germany
Hope to very soon
@@robertbain8743 not a prayer idiot 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
@@robertbain8743 no they have a muslim leader ?
I am sure my great grand children comes from Scotland, this i why i love Scotland so much
It's in the Blood, Scotland Forever.
Quelle superbe musique !
This stirs my Scottish blood, along with many others!
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love this so much, im using this music to walk down the isle at my wedding xxx im gonna cry when flower of scotland kicks in xx
I'm half Scottish as my Dad is from Glasgow, even though I'm English I'm love Scotland more than England especially when the pipes and drums play.
The best anthem in the world . 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 From Basque country 😉
I'm German and I love "Flower of Scotland".
Greetings from Germany
For a free Scotland!!!
Qdance81 cuentos chinos donďeenseña una escue,la endondepracctkiar dar direccion en.slp,
A Kraut that is happy to liberate a country 😂😂- hypocrisy at its best
Scotland is free you turd stop watching TV
scotland and free like a bear in a cage ....greetings from germany @@Pauloipadopalous
@@kubanskiloewe .One day we will be free. SAOR ALBA GU BRATH
Wow....i remember this song....i had to learn it to return on a visit to scotland.....many greetings from new zealand....so far away in the pacific!
Noreen Dillon greetings so far away in the bitterly cold North Sea Aberdeen
Whut? They wouldn’t let you leave unless you learned Flower of Scotland?
Seems odd but ok. I hope you made them do a Hakka!
Wonderful! Even tho I am not a Scott I think it captures the spirit of Scotland just perfectly. Best regards from Serbia!
Awesome. I love this beyond words.
Fab. What a great way to brighten up people's day, especially if they are on their way to work.
Some of the lyrics:
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,
To 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 held,
That stood against him,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent him homeward,
To 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,
To think again.
Toujours aussi superbe et émouvant à entendre!
Merci à vous les écossais France et Écosse ont une longue histoire
flower of scotland has been my ringtone for many years... love it
I just love the sound of the Pipes and Drums. Bloody gorgeous ❤
Thank you 🙏🏴
This is so beautiful, greetings from Venezuela
Hermoso!!!!! Argentina te saluda brava Escocia!!!!
Goosebumps from Germany! Scotland the Brave(hearts)!
Respect Scotland, from México
Beautiful.
my roots go deep great job mucho gra from across the pound
As they say nobody does it quite like us Scots🏴💙
It was James, a Scottish king who became the King of England also, and called it The United Kingdom... Yeah RIGHT! Scotland got lost in the shuffle. The only time Scotland EVER got a share, or MORE than a share of anything was in wars; for instance, the 51st Highland Division was left to fight in France in 1940, while the rest of the British Army, AND thousands of French troops escaped at Dunkirk, I was a wee boy when my brother John and my cousin Elliot, Seaforth Highlanders were killed at that time.
I am now, and have been a proud American Citizen for many years, but stll live in the hope that Scotland will once again have men like the Flower of Scotland, who sent what was left of King Edward's Army back to England after Bannockburn in 1314.
The Scots and Scotland are greatly admired in the United States, they are not thought of as War Time disposables.
🏴🙏
love thr pipes
FANTASTIC !
POWERFUL!
FREEDOM!
PURE!
this is just awesome and when i was little i was frightened off the pipes and drums but as im 49 years old love it richard
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Thank you, we LOVE you Scottish, OLD ALLIANCE FOR LIFE, Regards from France
old alliance to stab the rest of the UK in the back.
Thank you - from Edinburgh.
@@patrickkelly7085 no just engerland lol oh the paranoia
@@patrickkelly7085 You lot have stabbed us in the back mair times than i want to remember .
@@patrickkelly7085 .......and long may it continue to do so, against these pompous, tyrannical, fascist barstewards......despised as they are, all across the planet !
One of the best I've heard!
Janet omg flower of Scotland is my favourite song,l love watching and hearing the pipes and drums. it makes me so so proud to be Scottish . and love watching our brave and proud guys coming home on parade God bless you all and thank you for your service to your country..!! ❤❤
Elemental!! Goes straight to the hind brain, saying ," Time to kick ass"
Just Beautiful respect from bosna ✌️👍
Best national anthem in the world. Greetings from the Netherlands.
It iiiyiiiiyitttittRobin jitt56yo
We are still here,and while europe dies we will never die. SAOR ALBA GU BRATH
@@robbielinden591 European Union is finished, will give it a couple of years. SAOR ALBA GU BRATH
Not a national anthem, well not mine
Absolutely stunning
Thank you 💪💪🏴🏴
georgeus! Croatia loves Scotland
Respect Scotland , from Germany (Magdeburg).
Toujours aussi superbe et prenant ❤💚💚❤💛
Trank you from Germany.. Soooooo goooood...
We Donaldsons in SA are proud celts.
Majestic! The white boots and red plaid makes this a breathtaking spectacle to go along with the moving sound.
Thy're called spratts.
Sandy Lewis tartan not plaid :P
Just a thought, few know why the highland regiments wear them, its a throwback to the retreat from Corunna, when they wore out their boots and tied strips of blanket around their feet.
Woah woah wait.
Plaid? No no no.
It’s Tartan in these parts.
@@phoenixwright5743 Not necessarily. Whilst tartan refers to woollen cloth woven in one of several patterns of coloured checks and intersecting lines; plaid can refer to the same thing but, usually in the UK, it refers to a specific long piece of tartan worn over the shoulder as part of Highland dress.
omg..so beautiful
beautiful
Como estas?
Wieder so ne Zwiebelschneideorgie.....
Was für ein Hammerauftritt!! :)::::::::::
The majestic sound of the pipes and drums cannot be beaten --- awesome rendition of the Flower of Alba --- still listening in Aug 2024 tears and goosebumps
great , amazing , cool fresh and funky
come on scotland
I love flowers and being Scottish
"O flower of Scotland ,when will w see you like again....." Love it ♥.
beautiful and like it
Scotland forever in my heart!💟💟💟
Super, klasse!!!! Danke dafür!!!!
Awesome. I'm in tears. Thank you.
Scotland for ever!,,,,!
just wonderful.....greetings from berlin