Scotland/Alba

Some data

(in Scottish Gaelic: Alba)

Area : 78 789 km²
Population : 5 100 000 inhabitants
Languages : English; Scottish Gaelic (80 000); Scots
National anthem : Flower of Scotland
National feast day : 30th November
Capital : Edinburgh (Dun Eideann)
Political status : annexed to England in 1707
Parliament (6-MAY-1999) : 129 members (56 Labour Party, 35 Scottish National Party, 18 Conservative Party, 17 Scottish Liberal Democrats, 1 Scottish Green Party, 1 Scottish Socialist Party, 1 Independent)

Site of Scotland, Site of the Scottish Office

Independentist movement : Scottish National Party

Regionalist movement : Scottish Liberal Democrats

FLOWER OF SCOTLAND

O Flower of Scotland,
When will we see
Your like again,
That fought and died for,
Your wee bit Hill and Glen,
And stood against him,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent him homeward,
Tae think again.

The Hills are bare now,
And Autumn leaves
lie thick and still,
O'er land that is lost now,
Which those so dearly held,
That stood against him,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent him homeward,
Tae think again.

Those days are past now,
And in the past
they must remain,
But we can still rise now,
And be the nation again,
That stood against him,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent him homeward,
Tae think again.

Flower of Scotland,
When will we see
your like again,
That fought and died for,
Your wee bit Hill and Glen,
And stood against him,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent him homeward,
Tae think again.

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