The Lion of Scotland

[00:38.57] Red Lion famed and feared of old
[00:41.82] On Scotland's battle field,
[00:45.22] The blazon of her banner fold—
[00:48.43] The 'scutcheon of her shield.
[00:51.41] Meet emblem of her heroes, whom
[00:54.87] Thou ledd'st to battle forth,
[00:58.02] And ledd'st to triumph, or a tomb,
[01:02.03] Red Lion of the North
[01:07.93] The warlike Pict, the wandering Dane,
[01:11.89] Oft thou hast made to mourn,
[01:15.05] And sterner glories dyed thy name,—
[01:18.39] The blood of Bannockburn!
[01:21.54] On later fields, in many a clime,
[01:24.79] Hast thou pawed proudly forth,
[01:27.97] Triumphant as of olden time,
[01:31.28] Red Lion of the North
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[01:46.68] The chieftain's cairn, the martyr's grave,
[01:49.80] Where sleep the heroic dead,
[01:53.13] May ne'er the footstep of a slave,
[01:56.47] Profane them with their tread—
[01:59.66] Nor vainly may the Future see
[02:02.96] Our armed hosts go forth,
[02:06.01] Beneath St. Andrew's cross, and thee,
[02:10.14] Red Lion of the North
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[02:22.82] The ancient mind, the ancient might,
[02:38.47] Still may our hills produce,
[02:41.91] To wield the sword of Wallace wight,
[02:45.25] The battle-axe of Bruce!
[03:15.28] High honour unto thine and thee,
[03:18.13] For never shalt thou wave,
[03:21.59] But from the flag-staff of the free,
[03:24.75] The banner of the brave!
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[03:41.06] And by thy glories in the past,
[03:44.21] When Scotland bears thee forth,
[03:47.38] Stand thou for freedom, first and last.
[03:50.67] Red Lion of the North
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