Ode To Scotland

Ode To Scotland

Misty moors and swells of heather
Thistle leaves as downy feathers
Soaring cliffs to bracken plains
Becalming so the peaceful rains

Jagged firths and shadowed bows
A yearning in the soul aroused
Enticing winds through endless green
I've heard your whisper and I've seen

Grey shores with silkies on the sand
Great stags and boars enrich the land
Solemn cliffs as tri-masts sail
Atop the peaks yon pipers wail

Mysterious so and filled with past
Strong yet sure always steadfast
Oh dear Alba, my one true home
Away from you I'll never roam

Courageous and valiant we stand tall
Highlanders one, Tulach Ard we call
Haunting keen from pipes doth pierce
The silence in our eyes so fierce

Stone fortresses and turrets guard
With flute and fiddle the dancing bard
Bonfires in Ceilidhs and warring drums
With the dawn such victory comes

Mo Charaid, my love, my life and blood
Loyalty bound in passion it floods
Bravery, victory with honour it lies
Luceo Non Uro, the fire in our eyes

Alba mo Alba none braver than thee
No matter the fighting you'll always be free
My life, my home, my liberty owed
For all that I am, my great Scotland bestowed.