I had written to an address I found on a record jacket, asking where they were playing in autumn '89. Ronnie wrote me back himself, with a list of venues, and I met them after their concert in Portree when they came out to sign autographs. When I asked Ronnie if I could get a picture with them, he called to Roy, "Hey! One of the Colonials wants a photo here!" and I still treasure it. How could anyone 'dislike'?! RIP Roy.

Land o' the Kilt and Sporran - Underneath, there's nothin' worn! How I wish the wind was warm! Scotland the Brave. I must admit it's pretty gruesome, Walking about wi' your frozen twosome! It's all we've got - we musn't lose 'em - Scotland the Brave. Best paragraph ever.

Watching my uncle Ronnie try not to laugh is the funniest part of this lol

legends!!!! how many folk can write a national anthem and not even realise it?"flower of scotland" was written n spent years in the back of a drawer cause roy didnt think it was good enough! only realised when the nation adopted it as national anthem. R.I.P. Roy Williamson your a legend

i'm 14 and have been mad on the corries since i was a wee boy! long live scottish pride!

i am peruvian but I've been in Scotland for a long while and I bought this dvd! I must say this is one of the greatest folk bands I have ever heard!

Brilliant!! Proud to be Scottish up here in Aberdeen. And this is a great version,as said typical Scottish humour. Big Thumbs up !!

how he can keep his face straight cracks me up!!!!

I was Born Scottish I Live Scottish and I'll Die Scottish Long Live Scotland Saor Alba

Remember seeing this on TV. Still as funny. Great duo and tremendous live. Always an great atmosphere. Woderful musicians as well. Sad loss Roy.

@thetrollfairy I could not agree more with you. They were a truly great duo. True musicians. Their musicianship shines through all their music.

How I wish I could have seen them in concert! Thank you to whoever you are who have managed to trace down this video!

What a tremendous loss Roy Williamson was. Great folk duo.

For, as long as but a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any condition be brought under English rule. It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself. Taken from the Declaration of Arbroath, 1320, which asserted Scotland's right to international recognition as an independent country.

I met the Corries after a concert in Inverness years ago.Ronnie came across as a bit pernickety but Roy was a lovely gentleman.Whatever their differences were,there has not been another such phenomenon in Scotland as far as wit,humour and perfectly-timed music are concerned,for many years. How lucky were we who were there when it was happening! Get in there you Youngies! It's all been left for YOU!

love this version, especially from 3:09 when they sing together... and I'm not even from Scotland! :D

Love it! Especially the really patriotic bit at the end!

Some of the meanings only a Scot could know were explained to me by my Scottish husband - love the song and the humour. But I can`t remember my Dearest ever complaining about "frozen twosome"s when wearing a kilt. LOL ......

um Flower of Scotland IS the national anthem of Scotland!! but i love the corries! got a CD of em - had it since i was like 5 (19 now!!)

I have to listen to that part about 5 times every time I listen to this song.

Brilliant, I especially liked the last part.

Fantastic!! Thanks for posting it

Now that is funny stuff! We musn't lose 'em! Words to live by, for sure.

I think the Scottish should give the English independence (404 years of Scottish rule is enough)

absolutly beautiful music greatest scottish song in my memory RIP roy

SCOTLAND THE BRAVE

Classic Entertainers, worth their weight in gold. Fantastic and funny.. but I cannot help but wonder in todays so PC world, would they have ended up doin Jailhouse Rock, with the words they sing here? Uhhh! lol Thank you for this post.. Sadly I never came across them in life, what have I missed..

this is class cheers for the post

Priceless!

The corries are legendary

lol i'm scottish and i found this hilarious

ahahah they're so funny !! I love them :) and Scotland rules

Love it!

The best version of "Scotland the Brave" I have ever heard: That one COULD be a National Anthem.

To Stripey Dusty 45--Me too! I just found these gorgeous guys about 6 months ago in the process of researching Burns' songs, and now I drive all my associates NUTS making them listen too! Lol!

brilliant...love it

realy good , love it!

GREAT STUFF all the best

absolutley great scottish singers i was brought up with them ma father had all there stuff

i love the corries!!

that made my laugh , cheers for the post

haha im scottish and i really believe tht is 100% true thnx for posting

I once heard a version that had these verses in it: Land where we don't like swankies, Land where we don't use hankies, Where the lassies love the Yankees, Scotland the Brave. Land that is full of strangers, Land where we know no dangers, Home of the Celts and Rangers, Scotland the Brave. Anyone know where I can find it?

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

Really funny, it works so well

i love how at 1:15 roy looks at ronnie, both legends, R.I.P Roy

Love it!! that was funny!!

Very good!

Saw this video many years ago and I still laugh at it now, just so true!

the first time i have ever heard the song sung this way very funny very good

Mar Kjartansson.I was 14 years old when I learned the old dancing one of them Named the Scottish dance.But the real name was Scottish the Brave

I emailed their website to see if this was available on DVD or CD, but it was never put on one due to being "politically incorrect": I do enjoy it on youtube to cheer me up as I do my bookwork. Thanks Iain

Oh, man! I love this song! And I'm an American. It's just a tat irreverant,but still a tribute to Scotland.

There are true artists.

Always liked that version.

congrats!

@daviemaxwell well said m8 roy and ronnie do know how too have a laugh i fkn love the corries great scottish singers

that is really hilarious :)

that was a riot

am Scottish n this is laffs lol gd wee video

lo the corries are the greatest band ever especially for flower of scotland

omg. so funny... i don't know these guys, but they surely got some guts to sing what they sing!

....it WILL be here!

I think he starts on the next line ("Architects with paying hobbies"), then the crowd drowns him out laughing at "Councillors with part-time jobbies", so he says "Aye... If the shoe fits, wear it!" A lot of councillors in the audience?

I don't understand all the references, but watching them having so much fun performing this, you can't help but laugh and have fun too.

pure belter

Great to be able "you havin a laugh" at all things Scottish. The guy at 2.41 is impersonator. Either a Pom or from the outer Hebrides

tha shoosh at start - class !

@kirkyz2010 I'm "English people", and I absolutely love the Corries, it's a shame England has nothing to compare. The Corries were simply wonderful. Even if their message often attacks my country, it's beautiful to listen to and they probably had a point!

takes me weeeeell 2 child

nuff said !

Vive l'ECOSSE !!!! Nation soeur de la FRANCE !

oma gawd havnae herd it sung that way afor lol so funny

quite simply....Wow

Im just an American guy, but I really like this song!!!

great

@jockhamish I am an American fellow who stumbled upon the the Corries by accident. In two days I completely memorized the words to Loch Lomond. I think I will learn this song next!

IIRC ..this is around 1974 in the Music Hall in Aberdeen. I loved the Corries then, and still do. I was a real "SNP" chap in those days....now I have no time for them. Pity they got "hi-jacked" by the left in the late 70s/early 80s.

@Iain40 VP is a fortified wine ~ the prelude for buckfast :)

u watched it here...with audio...its no magic to download from utube ;)

I'm one!

Just love the accent. I have ancestors from Scotland but I don't know what a Glaswegiain stuff stereotype is. Or even 'steakies'.

RULE THE SCOTS!

just great! ...said by an italian!

Think we're the only nation that can! Course when yer the best...

so funny

@Iain40 quick question does the last verse refer to the first referendum for Scottish independence in the mid 1970s

Near? They've been singing about it for about 250 years!

@Obelisk1990 Is anything worn under a kilt? No, it's all in good working order!

because there is more than 2 parties!

@Obelisk1990 thats going on my tomb stone !

@Iain40 Thank u

I think I heard this version on Mafia II.

I'm very sorry to correct you there skempFUSS, but Scotland DOES have a national anthem. In the World Cup, rugby, other sporting events, we sing Flower of Scotland, but in the Commonwealth Games they play Scotland the Brave. The Scottish Parliament have already had this debate. Scotland is a seperate State that is joined in Union with the Kingdom of England, the Principality of Wales, and obviously Northern Ireland... we exists in a mutually beneficial nation among nations.

@kirkyz2010 freaks, im English and I love this

Yeah, Great SOng, Great Jokes

Un-PC? Nah. There is nothing anti English about wanting independence.

@Obelisk1990 my dad plays the side drum and being canadian he wears stuff undeneath his kilt

is that the Caird Hall in Dundee? This is just pure class!! love it!

Simply put... its a traditional martial air. Americans are/were just as likely to play the Marseilles (or even Prussian's Gloria) as well as just American favorites as "The Washington Post March" or the "Marine Corps Hymn"