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In the 1970 movie Patton, the song is played by the band of the British Eighth Army in a victory parade through the streets of Messina, led by General Bernard Law Montgomery, before discovering that General George S.In the 1968 movie The Devil's Brigade, composer Alex North uses the melody as the beginning for the opening theme, and with variations, throughout the film score the song is played by the bagpipers of the Canadian component of the 1st Special Service Force when they march into Fort William Henry Harrison to the disbelief of their US counterparts.The song is often played on bagpipes at New York Police Department funerals.He also performed the song on the bagpipes, alongside the Balmoral Highlanders, at WWF's SummerSlam '92 held in Wembley Stadium.

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Pro wrestler 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper used the song as his entrance music throughout his career.See Wikipedia's guide to writing better articles for further suggestions. Please improve the article by adding more descriptive text and removing less pertinent examples. This section may contain indiscriminate, excessive, or irrelevant examples. The song was used to represent Scotland in the Commonwealth Games until it was replaced by 'Flower of Scotland' from the 2010 games onwards. In June 2006, the song rated second in an online poll with more than 10,000 votes to determine Scotland's favourite unofficial anthem, losing only to 'Flower of Scotland'. 'Flower of Scotland' was subsequently adopted by Scotland for use at FIFA-sponsored events, after its usage by the Scottish rugby union team. 'Scotland the Brave' was played before matches involving the Scotland national football team at the 1982, 1986, and 1990 FIFA World Cups. 'Scotland the Brave' is also the authorised pipe band march of the British Columbia Dragoons of the Canadian Armed Forces. However, Hyslop intended his poem to be sung to the melody of Sir Walter Scott of Abbotsford, 1st Baronet's 'Boat Song' from ' The Lady of the Lake' and not 'Scotland the Brave'. Another set of lyrics also often heard were sung by Canadian singer John Charles McDermott they are closely based on the poem 'Let Italy Boast' by James Hyslop, which was first published in 1821 in The Edinburgh Magazine. The lyrics commonly used now were written about 1950 by Scottish journalist Clifford Leonard Clark 'Cliff' Hanley for singer Robert Wilson as part of an arrangement by Marion McClurg. The earliest known printing of the tune was in the Utah Musical Bouquet, January 1878, and the earliest known version printed in Scotland is in The National Choir, 1891. The tune probably originated in the late 19th century. ' Scotland the Brave' ( Scottish Gaelic: Alba an Àigh) is a Scottish patriotic song, one of three often considered an unofficial Scottish national anthem (the others being ' Flower of Scotland', and ' Scots Wha Hae').

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