Celebrate the bonny land to the north in song.

As of this writing, we don't know how they'll vote, those Scots. But let's take a moment to celebrate the musical contribution of the Highlands, islands, and Lowlands. Each lyric contains a geographical location in Scotland. Complete the lyric from your vast musical knowledge.

Fill in the blanks.

1. Past painted deserts the sunset's on fire
   
   As he carries me home to the_____________.
2. Fir me an' my true love will ne'er meet again
   
   On the bonnie, bonnie banks o' ______________.
3. Well, I just come down from the _____________
   
   I'm not very big and I'm awfully shy…
4. Flow gently, sweet ________, amang thy green braes,
   
   Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise…
5. _________ is bonny, and there lives my love,
   
   My heart it lies on him and cannot remove…
6. 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 _____
   
   And she goes to the bingo every night with the curlers in her hair.
7. The Campbells are coming,
   
   To bonny ____________...
8. There once was a troop of Irish dragoons
   
   Came marching down through _______-E-O…
9. Oh I was born in _______
   
   Near the centre of the town.
   
   I would take you there and show you
   
   But they've torn the building down…
10. Let me tell you that I love you
    
    And I think about you all the time
    
    ___________, you're calling, now I'm going home…

You knew them all, right? Answers on the tip of your tongue? If you weren't sure, click the pic.

Dmitri Gheorgheni

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