There's been a lot of hype over the past 3 years (yes, I said years) regarding this weekend. As you may or may not know (if you don't then i'm appauled!) that Sunday is the 250th anniversary of the birth of Rabbie Burns. Scotland has been working up to this, making plans and marketing the idea of how big this landmark date is. Scotland will be celebrating his anniversary all year long.

The song that i've posted below, Caledonia, is a Scottish anthem. It was written by fellow Scot Dougie Maclean. Scotland is also known as Caledonia, and this song is all about being away from Scotland and missing it so much that he comes home. Funnily enough, the campaign for this year is called Homecoming! I remember singing it when I was a wee girl with my daddy and have grown up hearing it. It's as famous as our "national anthem" Flower of Scotland. If there's one song that makes me love Scotland more and gives me goosebumps, it's this song. It makes me so proud to be Scottish. At the moment Caledonia is being used as the trademark song for the Rabbie Burns campaign and famous scottish celebrities have signed up to sing on it, including Chris Hoy, Lulu and even Sir Sean Connery (who is a fellow Edinburger!).

Here's the original...




And here's the Homecoming Campaign....



Enjoy....go on, admit...you all wish you were a wee bit Scottish, don't you!?