Might sound silly since the Auld Alliance has long been forgotten by most, but as a Frenchman I've always felt close to Scots. Proud to be French (most of the time) and proud to love Scotland !
It is 29 years today since Roy passed away (12/8/90) This recording is magical. A unique voice and a truly amazing musician who will never be equalled.
I play in a band and we had a show last night. It was beauteous, sweaty, electric and euphoric. I'm now heading back to my home town and I'm listening to this with my bandmates and drinking Loch Lomond whisky. They weren't aware of the song or this band. I guess I may have generated at least a few Corries fans or appreciators of the song.
My mother(god rest her soul) sang this to me as a bairn.My throat grows tight and tears fill my eyes.Peace to all.Remember our honored ancestors this Samhain.My heart to Scotland.
I signed in to comment on this. I'm an Irish man, and I won't lie, I'm drunk as an arse. Still, this is an incredibly beautiful song. I'll stand by my Celt brothers until the day I die.
I am German. I'm singing this song to my little children. My daughter is 6 now and she's been listening to this song basically from day one. When I became 18, the first thing I did was fly over to Scotland and walk the West Highland Way. I'll never forget you my bonnie banks.
I am from the Eastern shores of the Mediterranean. These guys from the cold wet hills of Scotland somehow get me in a mood that I never want to leave. I've listened to this song on repeat all day for several days. A bit weird maybe. but it's got something magical to it...
Now this is how to sing this. This is how I remember my Grandpa singing this, well not even close to the quality of this man voice, but the words were the same. When my Grandpa would sing you would here the Alligators slide into the water, the birds would fly off, he was terrible, but I loved it.
And here I am, back again, three years later, and still moved by them as the first time I ever heard them, some fifty years ago. If this is not magic, I don't know what magic is.
scottish and irish music is undoubtfully the best music in the world, they really put heart and soul in that, true patriots of our times, agains the tyranny of the empire and through bad times❤❤❤❤
Might sound silly since the Auld Alliance has long been forgotten by most, but as a Frenchman I've always felt close to Scots. Proud to be French (most of the time) and proud to love Scotland !
Only the Scottish can write an amazingly sombre song in a major key
Written on the walls of Carlisle prison in 1746 by a jacobite prisoner who knew he would never see his homeland again,at laest,not in this life.
Finally I can find a version that is actually sung by Scottish people
My mother used to sing me to sleep over 60 years ago with this song. Gave me a lifelong love of Celtic music. Thanks, Mom.
Im a proud Scotsman.Where ever your from,you should be just as proud.FREEDOM FOR SCOTLAND
It is 29 years today since Roy passed away (12/8/90) This recording is magical. A unique voice and a truly amazing musician who will never be equalled.
Scotland Forever
I play in a band and we had a show last night. It was beauteous, sweaty, electric and euphoric. I'm now heading back to my home town and I'm listening to this with my bandmates and drinking Loch Lomond whisky. They weren't aware of the song or this band. I guess I may have generated at least a few Corries fans or appreciators of the song.
My mother(god rest her soul) sang this to me as a bairn.My throat grows tight and tears fill my eyes.Peace to all.Remember our honored ancestors this Samhain.My heart to Scotland.
I signed in to comment on this. I'm an Irish man, and I won't lie, I'm drunk as an arse. Still, this is an incredibly beautiful song. I'll stand by my Celt brothers until the day I die.
I am German. I'm singing this song to my little children. My daughter is 6 now and she's been listening to this song basically from day one. When I became 18, the first thing I did was fly over to Scotland and walk the West Highland Way. I'll never forget you my bonnie banks.
Every time I hear their music, the songs, the lyrics, the singers, I know that I cannot die before I have visit Scotland. <3
one of the greats his voice is sadly missed.
I get all choked up when I hear this song as well as Flower of Scotland. 🫶💚
I am 52 years away from Scotland but still get homesick when I listen to Scottish music
I am from the Eastern shores of the Mediterranean. These guys from the cold wet hills of Scotland somehow get me in a mood that I never want to leave. I've listened to this song on repeat all day for several days. A bit weird maybe. but it's got something magical to it...
Now this is how to sing this. This is how I remember my Grandpa singing this, well not even close to the quality of this man voice, but the words were the same. When my Grandpa would sing you would here the Alligators slide into the water, the birds would fly off, he was terrible, but I loved it.
And here I am, back again, three years later, and still moved by them as the first time I ever heard them, some fifty years ago. If this is not magic, I don't know what magic is.
scottish and irish music is undoubtfully the best music in the world, they really put heart and soul in that, true patriots of our times, agains the tyranny of the empire and through bad times❤❤❤❤