Flower Of Scotland Tops National Anthem Competition
Shaveta Bansal - All Headline News Staff Writer Glasgow, Scotland (AHN) - An online poll organized by Royal Scottish National Orchestra has put Flower of Scotland at the top of the list to be Scotland's National anthem. The song, written by the late Roy Williams of the Corries folk group over 30 years ago, took 41 per cent of over 10,000 votes cast in the poll. The RSNO announced the winner of the three-week poll at the orchestra's version of the Last Night of the Proms in Glasgow. The song was given a spirited interpretation at the concert, with orchestra chorus and audience joining in. Flower of Scotland, has already become a battle cry for Scottish sports fans. Scotland the Brave, the initial favorite written by Scottish journalist Cliff Hanley in the 1950s to an old bagpipe tune, got 29 per cent of the votes cast by Scots living as far as in China and the United States. Scotland the Brave was used for Scottish gold medal winners at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, earlier this year. A controversy over the choice and a call by Scotland's First Minister Jack McConnell for a debate on the issue prompted RSNO to launch the poll to determine Scotland's favorite tune. The official British national anthem, God Save the Queen, is not unanimous in Scotland. One of its verses, now rarely if ever sung, exhorts the English General Wade "like a torrent rush, rebellious Scots to crush" at the t |
