Today’s Scotland is a far, far cry from that of William Wallace.
It takes a village, eh ?
Scotland's traditional "national anthem" describes a freedom-loving people willing to lay down their lives to preserve their liberties.
Scots Wha Hae
(Robert Burns, 1793)
'Scots, wha hæ wi Wallace bled,
Scots, wham Bruce has aften led,
Welcome tæ yer gory bed,
Or tæ victorie....
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,
Libertie's in every blow! -
Let us do or dee.