Corries

In the 1960s a folk group called The Corries had turned a poem that played on Robert Burns's great battle song, "Scots Wha Hae," into a modern anthem, "Flower of Scotland."

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A request to modify the ruling to at least allow the Corrie family to see the witnesses was also denied, suggesting that the court felt it also had to protect the soldiers from the Corries.

Vincent Warren: Live from Rachel Corrie Trial in Israel: Seeking Answers and Accountability From Israel Vincent Warren 2010

They became ours, just as the Corries have become family to the Palestinian people.

Archive 2009-08-01 Alice Walker Blog Administrator 2009

Everywhere we went, after arriving in Gaza, locals greeted the Corries with compassion and tenderness.

Archive 2009-08-01 Alice Walker Blog Administrator 2009

In the stop-start of a case that has lasted 5 ½ years, and has had testimony heard over the course of seven months (though only 11 actual court dates), the Corries will remain in Israel through at least the next court date currently scheduled after that - November 15th.

Vincent Warren: Live From the Corrie Trial in Israel Part 2: Seeking Answers and Accountability Vincent Warren 2010

A request to modify the ruling to at least allow the Corrie family to see the witnesses was also denied, suggesting that the court felt it also had to protect the soldiers from the Corries.

Vincent Warren: Live from Rachel Corrie Trial in Israel: Seeking Answers and Accountability From Israel Vincent Warren 2010

The Corries sang Scotland Will Flourish – could it be the new unofficial anthem?

A new sense of possibility shines on Scotland – but what will really come of it? | Ian Jack 2011

In the stop-start of a case that has lasted 5 ½ years, and has had testimony heard over the course of seven months (though only 11 actual court dates), the Corries will remain in Israel through at least the next court date currently scheduled after that - November 15th.

Vincent Warren: Live From the Corrie Trial in Israel Part 2: Seeking Answers and Accountability Vincent Warren 2010

The other two, written respectively by Burns in 1793 and Roy Williamson of folk group the Corries in 1967, have the oppressive English king Edward I and/or the defeated Edward II as their villains.

A new sense of possibility shines on Scotland – but what will really come of it? | Ian Jack 2011

In the stop-start of a case that has lasted 5 ½ years, and has had testimony heard over the course of seven months (though only 11 actual court dates), the Corries will remain in Israel through at least the next court date currently scheduled after that - November 15th.

Vincent Warren: Live From the Corrie Trial in Israel Part 2: Seeking Answers and Accountability Vincent Warren 2010