Song of the Celts is a patriotic song sung by several groups, notably the Wolfe Tones, written to the tune of "Brian Boru's March". Since the lyrics of the song discuss unity amongst Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Manx, Breton and Cornish ethnic groups, it may be regarded as an unofficial anthem of the Celtic people. Some sources list the song as "traditional", however a version of the song has been attributed to A. P. Graves by author Miranda Seymour in her biography of his son, poet Robert Graves.
There's a blossom that blows<br> That scoffs at the snows<br> And it faces root fast<br> The rage of the blast<br> And it sweetens the sod<br> No slave ever trod<br> Since mountains upreared their altar to God<br>
CHORUS:<br> The flower of the free, the heather, the heather<br> The Bretons and the Scots and Irish together<br> The Manx and the Welsh and Cornish forever<br> Six nations are we<br> Proud, Celtic and free<br>
There's a blossom that's rare<br> As the life's blood we share<br> And for liberty's cause<br> Against alien laws<br> With Lochiel and O'Neill<br> And Llewellyn drew steel<br> For Alba's and Erin's and Cambria's weal<br>
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Let the Saxon and Dane<br> Bear the rule o'er the plain<br> On the hem of God's robe<br> Is their scepter and globe<br> And the lord of all light<br> Revealed in his height<br> For Heaven and Earth rose up in his sight<br>
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