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LAND OF THE BRAVE!, by                    
First Line: Scotland! I love thee, thou land of the mountain
Last Line: Land of the strong and true, land of the brave!
Subject(s): Patriotism; Scotland


SCOTLAND! I love thee, thou land of the mountain,
Land of the heather bell, rock, and deep cave;
Land of the cataract, land of the fountain;
I love thee my country, thou land of the brave!

Thy glens may be bleak when the wintry winds whistle,
And dreary thy hills when the wild tempests rave;
But there's kind hearts and true in the land of the thistle,
And arms to shield thee, thou land of the brave!

The voice of the tyrant ne'er ruled o'er thy valleys,
Though Rome's conquering legions swept over the wave;
With bright shining eagles, and gold bedeck'd galleys,
They fought, but they fell, in the land of the brave.

And England's fierce Edward with all his proud power,
Rush'd over the border thy sons to enslave;
But thy valiant and strong made him rue the dark hour
That e'er he set foot in the land of the brave.

When Gaul's gloating eagle, with pinions all gory,
Soar'd over Hispania and no one to save;
Not the last in the cause of bright freedom and glory
Were the sons of Auld Scotia, the land of the brave!

Then who would not love thee, when each hill and corrie
Are cradles of freedom, to tyrants a grave;
When your bright deeds of fame writ in legend and story,
Hath seal'd thy proud name as the land of the brave.

Then hey for the land of the mist and the blue bell!
The land that ne'er crouch'd, nor for mercy would crave!
Land of the flashing stream, land of the flowery dell,
Land of the strong and true, land of the brave!





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