1.0 rich SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com 400 100% This is a wee tune to celebrate English shinty thrown together this afternoon on my tascam portastudio on the occasion of our international this weekend against Alba. I'm Scottish but have lived in england about 15 years and play for London Camanachd. As a result cheerleading for England still sticks in my throat and some of that probably comes through in the song. I'd welcome any cover versions or reworkings. Lyrics are: Em G Oh cousin how you’ve held the past Am Em Through years when we have slept G Am And now we wake and search for the lost C D Memories that you’ve kept C (b) Am The history of the game who’s spirit Em C courses in our veins G D Diminished here and tempered by Am deluded courtly grace. G C But now again we take the mighty G Caman in our hands G And waken from our absent daze, C D Stand proud again upon this land. C We take our place without the shame G Am Of a past that we abhor C And sweep away all past disdain Em When we hear the Lions’ roar! It’s England that we play for now The south of this island’s span But not for Queens or Dukes, nor Empires But for our fellow man The brothers either side of us are family forged anew To play the game of shinty Is now what we long to do. But now again we take the mighty Caman in our hands And waken from our absent daze, Stand proud again upon this land. We take our place without the shame Of a past that we abhor And sweep away all past disdain When we hear the Lions’ roar! https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000379697079-b4tqxa-t500x500.jpg <![CDATA[<iframe width="100%" height="400" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay; encrypted-media" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?visual=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F477028512&show_artwork=true"></iframe>]]> CJ Cowie https://soundcloud.com/calvatron-1