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context: verse. These include Robert Burns "A Red, Red Rose", Hugh MacDiarmid's "A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle", Sorley MacLean's "Hallaig", Harry Lauder's "I Love A Lassie" and in the 21st century, Runrig's "And The Accordions Played". The last two lyrics include a reference to the "bluebell". The "Scottish Bluebell" is "Campanula rotundifolia", (known elsewhere as the "Harebell") rather than "Hyacinthoides non-scripta", the "Common Bluebell". Trees held an important place in Gaelic culture from the earliest times. Particularly large trees were venerated, and the most valuable such as oak, Common Hazel and Apple were classed as "nobles". The less important </s> The Rose of Mooncoin The Rose of Mooncoin is a ballad written in the 19th century by Waterford schoolteacher and poet; Watt Murphy, who met and gradually fell in love with a local girl called Elizabeth, also known as Molly, and set in Mooncoin, Ireland. Elizabeth was just 20 years old, and Watt was then 56, but the difference in age was of no consequence to either of them. Both were intellectuals, and they would often stroll along the banks of the River Suir, composing and reciting poetry. However, Elizabeth's father, who was the local vicar, did not approve of </s> well a staple in their live performance among many other traditional Scottish ballads. At the 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, the song was sung at Edinburgh Castle by 53 Scottish children selected from schools across Scotland. Flower of Scotland "Flower of Scotland" (, ) is a Scottish song, used frequently at special occasions and sporting events. Although there is no one official national anthem of Scotland, "Flower of Scotland" is one of a number of songs which fulfil this role, along with the older "Scots Wha Hae", and "Scotland the Brave", among others. Roy Williamson of the folk group the
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