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WRITER: Unknown

YEAR WRITTEN: early 20th-century

HOW YOU PROBABLY KNOW THIS TUNE: Right up there with “Amazing Grace” as the tune heard most often played on bagpipes

‘BRAVE’ HEARTED: It sounds as ancient as the Highlands, but “Scotland the Brave” is not as old as you might think: the rousing melody was probably first heard in the 1890s, and the lyrics now commonly associated with the tune were written by Glaswegian journalist Cliff Hanley some 60 years later. Hanley’s stirring words (“Land of my high endeavour, land of the shining river”) gave the song a second life and turned it into one of Scotland’s unofficial national anthems. (It should be noted that while recent attempts to get the Scottish parliament to vote on an official anthem have failed, a 2006 poll showed that a majority of Scots preferred ‘Flower of Scotland’ — a song written in 1965.)

OFTEN MISTAKEN FOR … The Old Spice theme.

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