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Flower of Scotland

11/09/2014 GMT

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How a 1968 song by the folk band, The Corries, became Scotland’s unofficial anthem

How a 1968 song by the folk group, The Corries, became Scotland’s unofficial anthem.

In 1968, the Scottish folk group, the Corries, performed a song that became Scotland’s unofficial anthem decades later. We speak to Corries member, Ronnie Browne.

(Photo: A Scottish flag. Credit: PA)

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