by Hamish Henderson Roch the win i the clear day’s dawin Blaws the clouds heilster-gowdie owre the bay But there’s mair nor a roch win blawin Thro the Great Glen o the warl the day It’s a thocht that wad gar our rottans Aa thae rogues that gang gallus an gay Tak the road an…
Hamish Henderson (OBE declined) 1919-2002
Hamish Henderson, folklorist, poet, Scottish internationalist and socialist died on March 3rd this year. In the year of the golden jubilee, it is worth remembering that Hamish turned down an OBE in 1983. Whilst Scotland’s semi-official nationalist anthem, Flower of Scotland, is sung by Princess Anne at Scottish rugby matches, Hamish’s internationalist anthem, Freedom Come…