The Post Quiz: Scotland in Lyrics - Answers
Created | Updated Sep 21, 2014
Celebrate the bonny land to the north in song.
Scotland in Lyrics: Answers
As we said, we don't know how they're going to vote. But Scotland, whether as part of the UK or a separate country, will always be in our hearts. Especially musically. Those bagpipes bring tears to everyone's eyes. One way or another.
Here are the answers, as if you needed them. Feel free to sing along.
Fill in the blanks.
- Past painted deserts the sunset's on fire
As he carries me home to the Mull of Kintyre. (McCartney) - Fir me an' my true love will ne'er meet again
On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' Loch Lomond. - Well, I just come down from the Isle of Skye
I'm not very big and I'm awfully shy… - Flow gently, sweet Afton, amang thy green braes,
Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise… - Harking (or Buchan, depending on the folk singer) is bonny, and there lives my love,
My heart it lies on him and cannot remove… - She hasnae got nae culture, she drives me roon' the bend
Sittin' in her big armchair readin' the People's Friend
Her lapels are full of badges frae Butlins down at Ayre
And she goes to the bingo every night with the curlers in her hair. - The Campbells are coming,
To bonny Lochleven… - There once was a troop of Irish dragoons
Came marching down through Fife-E-O… - Oh I was born in Glasgow
Near the centre of the town.
I would take you there and show you
But they've torn the building down… - Let me tell you that I love you
And I think about you all the time
Caledonia, you're calling, now I'm going home…
We're sure those songs were familiar to you. Especially that Glasgow one. No? Well, get on the YouTube, and start listening. Maybe you'll be ready to sing along in the pub on your next Scottish holiday.
Now, if you only knew whether you'd be needing a visa…