Scots Wha Hae Guitar Chords And Lyrics
For Scottish Song, written by Robert Burns to the tune of ''Hey Tutie Tutie'' . This tune was used as a marching song by Robert The Bruce at The Battle Bannockturn July 1314 when he defeated The English Army. It was a common practice in by-gone years to use what was termed ''A Marching Song''. The sheet music and tin whistle notes are included.Recorded by The Corries [ lyrics ] and Dick Gaughan.
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[G]Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled,
[C]Scots, wham Bruce has [Am7]aften [G]led, [G]Welcome [D]to your [C]gory [G]bed [C]Or to [Am7]victor[D7]ie! [G]Now's the day, and now's the hour: [Am]See the front o' [D]battle [D7]lour, [Bm]See ap[aM]proach proud [c]Edward's [G]power [Am]Chains and [C]slaver[D]ie! Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha sae base as be a slave? Let him turn, and fleel Wha for Scotland's King and Law Freedom's sword will strongly draw, Freeman stand, or freeman fa', Let him follow me! By Oppression's woes and pains, By your sons in servile chains, We will drain our dearest veins But they shall be free! Lay the proud usurpers low, Tyrants fall in every foe, Libertys in every blow, let us do or dee. |
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Guitar chords for the key of G.
[G]Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled,
[C]Scots, wham Bruce has [Am7]aften [G]led,
[G]Welcome [D]to your [C]gory [G]bed
[C]Or to [Am7]victor[D7]ie!
[G]Now's the day, and now's the hour:
[Am]See the front o' [D]battle [D7]lour,
[Bm]See ap[aM]proach proud [c]Edward's [G]power
[Am]Chains and [C]slaver[D]ie!
[G]Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled,
[C]Scots, wham Bruce has [Am7]aften [G]led,
[G]Welcome [D]to your [C]gory [G]bed
[C]Or to [Am7]victor[D7]ie!
[G]Now's the day, and now's the hour:
[Am]See the front o' [D]battle [D7]lour,
[Bm]See ap[aM]proach proud [c]Edward's [G]power
[Am]Chains and [C]slaver[D]ie!
Scots Wha Hae Sheet Music Notes
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The Scots Wha Hae song is a powerful and enduring symbol of Scottish national identity. Composed by Robert Burns in 1793, the song has become a rallying cry for Scottish independence and has been a beloved anthem for generations of Scots. Its lyrics, inspired by the words of 14th-century Scottish patriot Robert the Bruce, evoke a sense of pride, bravery, and defiance in the face of oppression. Through its history and continued relevance, the Scots Wha Hae song has played a significant role in shaping and preserving Scottish culture and heritage.
To fully understand the significance of the Scots Wha Hae song, it is essential to delve into its origins and the historical context in which it was written. Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet, composed the song in 1793 as a contribution to the campaign for Scottish independence. At the time, Scotland was still under English rule, and the song served as a call to arms for the Scottish people in their struggle for freedom.
Burns was heavily influenced by the works of Robert the Bruce, a Scottish king who fought against English occupation in the 14th century. The song's title, which translates to 'Scots, Who Have,' is a direct reference to Robert the Bruce's famous battle cry, 'Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled,' which was used during the First War of Scottish Independence. The use of this historical figure and his words in the song added a layer of authenticity and legitimacy to the cause of Scottish independence.
The lyrics of the Scots Wha Hae song are powerful and evocative, capturing the spirit of Scottish nationalism. The opening line, 'Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled,' immediately invokes a sense of national pride and solidarity with those who have fought for Scotland's freedom in the past. The song goes on to call upon the Scottish people to rise up and join the fight, declaring, 'Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave?' These words serve as a reminder of the bravery and sacrifice required in the pursuit of freedom.
The Scots Wha Hae song quickly became a popular anthem among the Scottish people, providing them with a unifying symbol and a source of inspiration. It was often sung at political rallies, protests, and gatherings, and its popularity only grew as the Scottish independence movement gained momentum. The song's rousing melody and powerful lyrics had the ability to ignite a sense of passion and determination in those who sang it, making it a valuable tool for the Scottish nationalist cause.
The song's enduring popularity and relevance are a testament to its impact on Scottish culture and identity. Even today, over 200 years after its composition, the Scots Wha Hae song continues to be sung and celebrated by Scots all over the world. It has been recorded by numerous artists, including famous Scottish bands such as The Corries and The Proclaimers, and has been featured in movies, books, and other forms of media.
Beyond its role as a national anthem, the Scots Wha Hae song has also played a crucial role in preserving Scottish culture and heritage. The song's lyrics, which celebrate Scotland's history and its heroes, serve as a reminder of the country's rich and storied past. In a time when Scottish traditions and customs were being suppressed by English rule, the song provided a means of preserving and passing on this cultural heritage to future generations.
In conclusion, the Scots Wha Hae song is a powerful and enduring symbol of Scottish national identity. Through its lyrics, inspired by the words of a Scottish patriot and set to a rousing melody, the song captures the spirit of Scottish nationalism and continues to inspire and unite Scots in their fight for independence. Its impact on Scottish culture and heritage cannot be overstated, and it remains a vital part of the country's identity and history.
To fully understand the significance of the Scots Wha Hae song, it is essential to delve into its origins and the historical context in which it was written. Robert Burns, Scotland's national poet, composed the song in 1793 as a contribution to the campaign for Scottish independence. At the time, Scotland was still under English rule, and the song served as a call to arms for the Scottish people in their struggle for freedom.
Burns was heavily influenced by the works of Robert the Bruce, a Scottish king who fought against English occupation in the 14th century. The song's title, which translates to 'Scots, Who Have,' is a direct reference to Robert the Bruce's famous battle cry, 'Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled,' which was used during the First War of Scottish Independence. The use of this historical figure and his words in the song added a layer of authenticity and legitimacy to the cause of Scottish independence.
The lyrics of the Scots Wha Hae song are powerful and evocative, capturing the spirit of Scottish nationalism. The opening line, 'Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled,' immediately invokes a sense of national pride and solidarity with those who have fought for Scotland's freedom in the past. The song goes on to call upon the Scottish people to rise up and join the fight, declaring, 'Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave?' These words serve as a reminder of the bravery and sacrifice required in the pursuit of freedom.
The Scots Wha Hae song quickly became a popular anthem among the Scottish people, providing them with a unifying symbol and a source of inspiration. It was often sung at political rallies, protests, and gatherings, and its popularity only grew as the Scottish independence movement gained momentum. The song's rousing melody and powerful lyrics had the ability to ignite a sense of passion and determination in those who sang it, making it a valuable tool for the Scottish nationalist cause.
The song's enduring popularity and relevance are a testament to its impact on Scottish culture and identity. Even today, over 200 years after its composition, the Scots Wha Hae song continues to be sung and celebrated by Scots all over the world. It has been recorded by numerous artists, including famous Scottish bands such as The Corries and The Proclaimers, and has been featured in movies, books, and other forms of media.
Beyond its role as a national anthem, the Scots Wha Hae song has also played a crucial role in preserving Scottish culture and heritage. The song's lyrics, which celebrate Scotland's history and its heroes, serve as a reminder of the country's rich and storied past. In a time when Scottish traditions and customs were being suppressed by English rule, the song provided a means of preserving and passing on this cultural heritage to future generations.
In conclusion, the Scots Wha Hae song is a powerful and enduring symbol of Scottish national identity. Through its lyrics, inspired by the words of a Scottish patriot and set to a rousing melody, the song captures the spirit of Scottish nationalism and continues to inspire and unite Scots in their fight for independence. Its impact on Scottish culture and heritage cannot be overstated, and it remains a vital part of the country's identity and history.
Below are extracts from interviews by The Corries over the years.
Broadcasting live from the heart of Inverness and powered by big limp at Scotland my autobiography which is called Ronnie Brown that guy for the Corrie's Ronnie Brown differences very crucial difference indeed and speaking of differences did you find the process different from like writing your own autobiography to writing music
Roy and I never we didn't know the docs we didn't either read or write music why no for another bagram Ronnie I was persuaded to do it because well I mean 77 year old right which is probably the time you write an autobiography but people said to me well they write this book and I said well everybody's one say who he this old man from the old business
I mean it's 25 years since the Corrie's died when Roy died in 1990 and I thought well who's interested so I was persuaded finally to do it was there anything that surprised you there was my wife died three years ago right now all of the years that I was on the road I always used to think I was a very bad father because unless the kids cetera et cetera however when she died we had an
unconventional funeral because neither she nor I were religious to do that we'd celebrated her life with a video that I made with my children government-funded a lot and during the making of the film that went great through our life together and it started when my daughter was nine years old and all the way through the shots of the shots of that chosen next thing and at the very end of
it I said to my son I said you know I've always felt guilty about being an absentee father and he said well I don't know why you did that because we're neighborhood school in Selkirk high school when they were young the talk evident Lee was that these are more of their father who was Bendis business than their fathers who were nine to five but then they did over time that weekend
played golf and it's only looking through great through this film I was there how was the cameraman through the snowball fights through the sledging through the school rugby the whole thing live coverage of a swoon orth as it happens broadcasting live from the heart of Inverness the sexton of life
well I've given some thought as to what i think Roy might like as his epitaph and I'll go way back to the old days of uh barney Mckenna and the late Luke Kelly and the early days of the fury's not gonna think and i remember it was once said to Roy by barney mckenna that Roy had educated fingers and i think he would love that to be his epitaph which in fact is true he had very educated fingers with his abilities on the various instruments lady why we appear by is be done and dry your cheeks young frank is chief of harrington is foreign a chain of gold you shall not break but still the priest leave to here you go grab your hands stab your feet spend time though as well now for the intellectual verses now Britain's quite a country with strikes and drugs and such one day we've got knee water and the next two bloody much and we to the hilt if they get their way at Westminster upon your he's a nationalist but johnny England gets home are if we did capture that kind of spirit of
that age then I'm delighted and I'm sure Roy would say the same the morn was fair the skies were clear no breath come over the sea when Mary left her heel uncut and wandered forth with me though flowers decked the mountainside and fragrance filled the veil by far the sweetest flower by far the sweetest rose it sorrows lonely hour when temp is wrecked good garland park and ran to shivering sail one made and farmers to the storm the rojos of valencia was hopes of happiness and tails or distant lands my life had been a wilderness unblessed by fortune scale of lord it could have been good enough to say that what we've created is something unique now we don't see ourselves or we didn't see ourselves as superstars or anything of that nature the big theatrical thing uh we're very homely kind of people
gather Scotland lando the handicapped and Saturday's sunny's land where they sell their granny Scotland they used to say in father's day you could hear the bagpipes play but now you hear the regal tones of Elton John and the rolling stones land that is full of stinkers we found jews and pee-pee drinkers who escaped a lot of stinkers into Scottish grave land that is full of skyvers comic singers deep-sea divers bourbons on our bus con drivers Scotland the brave lando the brutal bobbies counselors we part-time jobbies park hobbies Scotland the tourists come here every year to see all our historic gear but all they see is loads of navies high-rise flats with concrete levees land or the arctic lorries and these stewards and rock horizon land oh the kilt and spottin' underneath there's nothing warm oh i wish the wind was warm scar thunderblade i must admit it's pretty gruesome walking about we are frozen too it's all we've got we mustn't lose some stuff conservatives tried to assure us labor's hard but to injure us the car puts curves on our enjoyment government makes unemployment never mind the day is near but independence will be here we didn't analyze ourselves an awful lot because i think that's dangerous Moore once uh was given a book by a psychologist a French psychologist and i think he read the first two pages and it explained too deeply what his motivation was for doing the shapes he did and he thought well if if i know why i do it i may not want to do it and draw and i were very much the same way with sort of reason didn't come into an awful lot away landscapes ye gardens or roses in you let the minions a luxury roll and restore me the rock where the snowflake reposes if still they are sacred to freedom and loveround their white summits there my young footsteps in infancy wondered my cab was the bonnet my cloak was the blade on chieftains departed my memory lingered as daily i strayed through the fine cover glade i saw not my home till the days die in glory gave place to the race or the bright
polar star my fancy was cheered by the bold martial story as told by the sun so dark clogged loch years since i left you years must roll on air I see you again the nature of verger and flowers [Music] oh for the crags that are wild and majestic the steep clowning glories is tell you that fate had forsaken our cause yet were you destined to die at Columbus yet were you happy in deaththy mountain obviously we had to follow certain patterns but the motivation was mainly feeling and feeling for the songs for the country for the music that was a prime importance i think myself stood against those days but we can still rise now and be a nationwide fingers well i think the people have given the judgment and Roy as a songwriter in their choice of flower of Scotland as what i think is now obviously destined to be the national anthem of Scotland and this whole situation is even more poignant and as much as Roy hasn't had the chance to in fact bask in his own glory if you like I know it would have been the proudest day of his life for him to be with me when we recorded the the flower Scotland with the rugby squad so he said the kind shame that he didn't get that chance to be with him because he would have loved it thought it was great and I've never had such an emotional rendering of flower of Scotland but we can still rise again the hills are spared but still
is are now dead along with Roy because I will never take another partner i won't get involved with groups or anything else i'd be crazy not to continue on my own, if for nothing else to make sure that flower of Scotland does become the Scottish national anthem for Roy's sake and at the moment obviously I feel a wee bit lost as anyone would. But uh hopefully I'll get over that and well, I know it will because you have to haven't you and i will continue on so do when I've done my work of day and I roll my boat away doing the water the lord and although she i might give the world to know why she means to let me go he declared white brown or gold be the blacker than the slow they are no more worth to be the tears as I sing. it's been a long long time not just the 27 28 years professionally but before that as friends and uh the wrenches is you know undeniably quite strong but um I would say it's been very worthwhile i keep saying to people when they say you know they regret having done this or they regret having done that, and you've got to just look at the position you're in uh currently and look back and say that uh if you're taking a different turning you might not in fact be in the position you happen to be now so who's to say that you should I don't think you'd have regrets and I know Roy had none we were both very very happy in what we were doing and we saw a future yet in it so who has the the good fortune to to be able to say that do you think there'll be a big improvement in the music up there well I think the harpists are going to have to look to the lords we fish stormy waters when fish were aplenty plowed the wild heathland till it blew like a rose build the great ships but sailed all the oceans, toiled underground nature's treasures exposed we've traveled the world we've known kings we've known princes discourse with scholars reasoned with fools all we've served we distinction all down through the ages but still in our homeland of water.
We can work with the hardest and play the best [Music] our land it is owned by the phaseless investor our fish and our farming no longer at all our industry ruined out as it's responded our souls are well it's no use in thinking that it's too late for changing no use in thinking but it's not up to you can teach you can learn and to change things be willing for you are your country your countries oppressor too long have we hoped for our hero's return. We've raised all our banners employment in a legend arrested on lottles that turned into thorns to dwell on possibilities at the cost of invention is to squander the gifts that our forefathers gave and so it takes strength from the past but declare your intention to change this dear land back to sodom debris oh we'll fight for what is oh we are your sons and when free.
Broadcasting live from the heart of Inverness and powered by big limp at Scotland my autobiography which is called Ronnie Brown that guy for the Corrie's Ronnie Brown differences very crucial difference indeed and speaking of differences did you find the process different from like writing your own autobiography to writing music
Roy and I never we didn't know the docs we didn't either read or write music why no for another bagram Ronnie I was persuaded to do it because well I mean 77 year old right which is probably the time you write an autobiography but people said to me well they write this book and I said well everybody's one say who he this old man from the old business
I mean it's 25 years since the Corrie's died when Roy died in 1990 and I thought well who's interested so I was persuaded finally to do it was there anything that surprised you there was my wife died three years ago right now all of the years that I was on the road I always used to think I was a very bad father because unless the kids cetera et cetera however when she died we had an
unconventional funeral because neither she nor I were religious to do that we'd celebrated her life with a video that I made with my children government-funded a lot and during the making of the film that went great through our life together and it started when my daughter was nine years old and all the way through the shots of the shots of that chosen next thing and at the very end of
it I said to my son I said you know I've always felt guilty about being an absentee father and he said well I don't know why you did that because we're neighborhood school in Selkirk high school when they were young the talk evident Lee was that these are more of their father who was Bendis business than their fathers who were nine to five but then they did over time that weekend
played golf and it's only looking through great through this film I was there how was the cameraman through the snowball fights through the sledging through the school rugby the whole thing live coverage of a swoon orth as it happens broadcasting live from the heart of Inverness the sexton of life
well I've given some thought as to what i think Roy might like as his epitaph and I'll go way back to the old days of uh barney Mckenna and the late Luke Kelly and the early days of the fury's not gonna think and i remember it was once said to Roy by barney mckenna that Roy had educated fingers and i think he would love that to be his epitaph which in fact is true he had very educated fingers with his abilities on the various instruments lady why we appear by is be done and dry your cheeks young frank is chief of harrington is foreign a chain of gold you shall not break but still the priest leave to here you go grab your hands stab your feet spend time though as well now for the intellectual verses now Britain's quite a country with strikes and drugs and such one day we've got knee water and the next two bloody much and we to the hilt if they get their way at Westminster upon your he's a nationalist but johnny England gets home are if we did capture that kind of spirit of
that age then I'm delighted and I'm sure Roy would say the same the morn was fair the skies were clear no breath come over the sea when Mary left her heel uncut and wandered forth with me though flowers decked the mountainside and fragrance filled the veil by far the sweetest flower by far the sweetest rose it sorrows lonely hour when temp is wrecked good garland park and ran to shivering sail one made and farmers to the storm the rojos of valencia was hopes of happiness and tails or distant lands my life had been a wilderness unblessed by fortune scale of lord it could have been good enough to say that what we've created is something unique now we don't see ourselves or we didn't see ourselves as superstars or anything of that nature the big theatrical thing uh we're very homely kind of people
gather Scotland lando the handicapped and Saturday's sunny's land where they sell their granny Scotland they used to say in father's day you could hear the bagpipes play but now you hear the regal tones of Elton John and the rolling stones land that is full of stinkers we found jews and pee-pee drinkers who escaped a lot of stinkers into Scottish grave land that is full of skyvers comic singers deep-sea divers bourbons on our bus con drivers Scotland the brave lando the brutal bobbies counselors we part-time jobbies park hobbies Scotland the tourists come here every year to see all our historic gear but all they see is loads of navies high-rise flats with concrete levees land or the arctic lorries and these stewards and rock horizon land oh the kilt and spottin' underneath there's nothing warm oh i wish the wind was warm scar thunderblade i must admit it's pretty gruesome walking about we are frozen too it's all we've got we mustn't lose some stuff conservatives tried to assure us labor's hard but to injure us the car puts curves on our enjoyment government makes unemployment never mind the day is near but independence will be here we didn't analyze ourselves an awful lot because i think that's dangerous Moore once uh was given a book by a psychologist a French psychologist and i think he read the first two pages and it explained too deeply what his motivation was for doing the shapes he did and he thought well if if i know why i do it i may not want to do it and draw and i were very much the same way with sort of reason didn't come into an awful lot away landscapes ye gardens or roses in you let the minions a luxury roll and restore me the rock where the snowflake reposes if still they are sacred to freedom and loveround their white summits there my young footsteps in infancy wondered my cab was the bonnet my cloak was the blade on chieftains departed my memory lingered as daily i strayed through the fine cover glade i saw not my home till the days die in glory gave place to the race or the bright
polar star my fancy was cheered by the bold martial story as told by the sun so dark clogged loch years since i left you years must roll on air I see you again the nature of verger and flowers [Music] oh for the crags that are wild and majestic the steep clowning glories is tell you that fate had forsaken our cause yet were you destined to die at Columbus yet were you happy in deaththy mountain obviously we had to follow certain patterns but the motivation was mainly feeling and feeling for the songs for the country for the music that was a prime importance i think myself stood against those days but we can still rise now and be a nationwide fingers well i think the people have given the judgment and Roy as a songwriter in their choice of flower of Scotland as what i think is now obviously destined to be the national anthem of Scotland and this whole situation is even more poignant and as much as Roy hasn't had the chance to in fact bask in his own glory if you like I know it would have been the proudest day of his life for him to be with me when we recorded the the flower Scotland with the rugby squad so he said the kind shame that he didn't get that chance to be with him because he would have loved it thought it was great and I've never had such an emotional rendering of flower of Scotland but we can still rise again the hills are spared but still
is are now dead along with Roy because I will never take another partner i won't get involved with groups or anything else i'd be crazy not to continue on my own, if for nothing else to make sure that flower of Scotland does become the Scottish national anthem for Roy's sake and at the moment obviously I feel a wee bit lost as anyone would. But uh hopefully I'll get over that and well, I know it will because you have to haven't you and i will continue on so do when I've done my work of day and I roll my boat away doing the water the lord and although she i might give the world to know why she means to let me go he declared white brown or gold be the blacker than the slow they are no more worth to be the tears as I sing. it's been a long long time not just the 27 28 years professionally but before that as friends and uh the wrenches is you know undeniably quite strong but um I would say it's been very worthwhile i keep saying to people when they say you know they regret having done this or they regret having done that, and you've got to just look at the position you're in uh currently and look back and say that uh if you're taking a different turning you might not in fact be in the position you happen to be now so who's to say that you should I don't think you'd have regrets and I know Roy had none we were both very very happy in what we were doing and we saw a future yet in it so who has the the good fortune to to be able to say that do you think there'll be a big improvement in the music up there well I think the harpists are going to have to look to the lords we fish stormy waters when fish were aplenty plowed the wild heathland till it blew like a rose build the great ships but sailed all the oceans, toiled underground nature's treasures exposed we've traveled the world we've known kings we've known princes discourse with scholars reasoned with fools all we've served we distinction all down through the ages but still in our homeland of water.
We can work with the hardest and play the best [Music] our land it is owned by the phaseless investor our fish and our farming no longer at all our industry ruined out as it's responded our souls are well it's no use in thinking that it's too late for changing no use in thinking but it's not up to you can teach you can learn and to change things be willing for you are your country your countries oppressor too long have we hoped for our hero's return. We've raised all our banners employment in a legend arrested on lottles that turned into thorns to dwell on possibilities at the cost of invention is to squander the gifts that our forefathers gave and so it takes strength from the past but declare your intention to change this dear land back to sodom debris oh we'll fight for what is oh we are your sons and when free.
