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    It has to be "The Scotsman," for me.......it's what got me into kilting. I used to get asked to sing it at parties, (usually once inebriated, I complied,) and then my wife and my friends decided I should have a kilt to sing it in, (and they all threw blue ribbons at me when I opened it!) My sentimental favorite though is "Flower of Scotland.
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    Since no one has mentioned it (that I know of), I would have to say A Gordon for me!:

    A Gordon for Me
    I'm Geordie MacKay of the H. L. I.
    I'm fond of the lassies and a drappie forbye,
    One day when out walking I chanced to see,
    A bonnie wee lass wi' a glint in her ee'
    Says I to the lassie "Will you walk foe a while?
    I'll buy you a bonnet and we'll do it in style,
    My kilt is Mackenzie o' the H. L.I."
    She look'd at me shyly and said wi' a sigh.

    Chorus
    A Gordon for me, a Gordon for me,
    If ye're no a Gordon ye're no use to me.
    The Black Watch are braw, the Seaforths and a'
    But the cocky wee Gordon's the pride o' them a'.

    I courted that girl on the banks of the Dee,
    I made up my mind she was fashioned for me,
    Soon I was a' thinking how nice it would be
    If she would consent to get married to me.
    The day we were wed, the grass was so green,
    The sun was as bright as the light in her 'een,
    Now we've two bonnie lassies who sit on her knee,
    While she sings the song she once sang to me.

    Chorus

    Meaning of unusual words:
    H.L.I.=Highland Light Infantry
    drappie=drop (of alcohol)
    forbye=also

    -- http://www.rampantscotland.com/songs/blsongs_gordon.htm

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