Funny Scotland the Brave...

[Blu (Ontario)]

I'm not sure who had more fun.... the audience or the performers!

[GMan]

I liked that! Thanks Rocky

[Retro Red]

Thanks, Rocky! I enjoyed that even though I must admit I could only understand or appreciate about half of the lyrics, what with their Scottish brogue & terminology & points of reference about people & places I don't understand, but that's a pretty good song if you can be amused & entertained while only catching half of the words!

Any idea when this video was made?
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[KiltedCodeWarrior]

I agree RR (wish I understood some of the references), but the whole 3+ minutes was worth the following section:

Land of kilts and sporrans
And nothing worran
Wish the wind was warammm!


Classic!

[mbhandy]

Thanks Rocky for the link.
The rest of the songs are great also now I think I will play a few on my show on Sat.

MrBill

[MacTavishOfJapan]

Scotland The Brave (Comic Version)

Land o' the purple heather
Land o' the dirty weather
Land where the midges gaither
Scotland The Brave.

Land o' the Pakistanis
Andy Capp and Saturday's Sannies
Land where they sell their grannies
Scotland The Brave.

Used to say in Faithers day
You could hear the bagpipes play
But now you hear the regal tones
O' Elton John and the Rolling Stones

Land that is full of stinkers
Wee fat jews and VP drinkers
Whisky put a lot o' stinkers
Into Scottish graves

Land that is full o' skivvers
Comic Singers, deep sea divers
Turbans on our bus con drivers
Scotland The Brave

Land o' the brutal bobbies
Councillers wi' part-time jobbies ("Aye, if the shoe fits, wear it!" verbal by Roy)
Architects wi' paying hobbies
Scotland The Brave

The tourists come here every year to see all our historic gear
But all they see is loads o' navvies
High rise flats wi' concrete lavvies

Land o' the "Artic" lorries,
Andy Stewart, and ra Corries
Land where everybody borries
Scotland The Brave

Land o' the Kilt and Sporran
Underneath there,s nothing worn!
How I wish the wind was warm!
Scotland The Brave

I must admit it,s pretty gruesome
Walking around with a frozen twosome!
It,s all we,ve got we mus,nt lose them!
Scotland The Brave

Conservatives try to assure us
Labour,s hard put to endure us
The kirk puts curbs on our enjoyment
Government makes unemployment!

Never mind, the day is near
When independence will be here
We'll drink a toast in Youngers Beer
To Scotland The Brave!.

Culled from here. I hope no one finds it offensive.

[Mike1]

Graham, trust me, spending just two minutes with Ronnie Browne would change your mind about your visit to Scotland. He has a tremendous heart for Scotland and her people. Don't make the mistake of judging Ronnie by a single parody song, wait until you've seen the fire burning in his eyes as he plays a proper rendition of Scotland the Brave.

Yes, a date on that video would be interesting.

Here is a shot of Ronnie and a pal of mine, taken at the Wallace Homecoming in Lanark, September 2005.


As you can see. a bit of an 'aging process' has been taking place.

[Niblox]

...I don't think you could get away with references to Jews, Pakistanis, or any other ethnic groups like that any more. The Scottish Parliament is trying to attract more people to come to Scotland, because the population has been declining for a long time. Where are they going to get them if they confine themselves to white/caucasian celtic christians (preferably presbyterian?).

Borat did a hatchet job on the USA in his latest film and they didn't realise that the mickey was being taken out of them. This song is just embarrassing.

[RockyR]

I'm sorry if anyone found it offensive. I wasn't trying to offend, simply amuse (especially the verse about the frozen twosome)

I enjoyed that even though I must admit I could only understand or appreciate about half of the lyrics, what with their Scottish brogue...

Point of clarification...

Irish have a Brogue
Scots have a Burr (while they both generally refer to the "accent", it's a different word to describe it)

[Barclay]

Just a guess, but I would range the date to be early to mid 80's (Roy Williamson died in '90) from the clothing - but, it's just a guess. They did a series of spots in 1985 on the BBC, so it may be from that.

I found it to be amusing, in spite of the "inappropriate" content and it's a damn sight more respectful (to Scotland) than the Tartan Terror's "Scotland Depraved". But best of all it led to a video for "The Bricklayers Song" which is, and always will be, one of my favorite comedy songs.

Thanks for sharing it!

Edit - Thanks for the lyrics McT of J