© UnknownSixty per cent wanted Flower of Scotland
The Angus Reid survey - conducted on September 1 and 2 - found just one in 10 north of the Border are in favor, preferring the 1967 Corries hit Flower of Scotland.
Support was even lower in the 18-34 age group.
Other suggestions showed a handful of people saying they would even prefer the likes of Donald Where's Yer Troosers.
Just 11 per cent opted for God Save The Queen, which in 1745 had an additional verse added to say "rebellious Scots to crush".
Sixty percent wanted Flower of Scotland, with support highest among women.
Hamish Husband, spokesman for the Association of Tartan Army Clubs, said Flower of Scotland was best suited for sporting events but added that it would be better to find a new anthem.
He said: "Flower of Scotland is a battle song and fits the bill when it comes to rugby and football. But it says nothing about our place in the world which is what a national anthem should do."
Was Curious and listened to a couple of versions on YouTube... Well, the battle with Proud Edward's Army is nice and all, but seems another emotional attachment to the past instead of a move to set the sail free, pick up anchor and sail into the wind instead of always against it. Doesn't seem much of a 'battle song' to me, a wee bit too pathetic, but then no doubt fans be be none too happy to hear that. Perhaps a focus towards confederation with all the other subjects of the ole Brits is a better focus, towards the future instead of the past?
It seems that sort of anchor will keep one forever in chains and isn't that what the Scots are seeking to free themselves from forever? The song seems more melancholy than a battle cry for freedom. Has a few nice bits in it, but they don't last long enough to keep one's 'eyes on the prize' in my opinion, but rather more on the prison of the past conditioning, and isn't that exactly what the 'fight' is against?
I think the Scots can do better, but then couldn't we all? Look at our anthem here in the States, an old beerhall song with a little lyric change for better 'battlecry' affect. So passe it's impossible to respect that crap anymore, but that doesn't stop the ridiculous repetitions we hear of it every weekend for some sporting event if not some other school or civic function, all of which are intended to keep us in our place.
Not having any Scot in the family for over a century, the desire to remember that proud moment against Edward #2 isn't something of much interest to me, sure it might have been a 'proud' moment at the time, but look what followed, it merely put off the seemingly inevitable subjugation. Do the Scots want to tie themselves to the past like that? If they want a battlecry, find one with more 'juice' in it, this one seems a wee bit too melancholy for that purpose, but then that's just my opinion, and it seems if it works too well for a sporting event, it might not be a wise choice for a national anthem, too much 'battle' and not enough 'cry for freedom', as it will be only that 'cry' that is remembered and passed on to the generation that follows, lest it become just another old anthem like ours here in the States.