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Tealeaf 21-03-2006 12:46

Re: God Save the Queen
 
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Originally Posted by Dean
Land of hope and Glory anyday and it's alot more cheary than God save our Gratious Queen (wat we gonna sing wen we get a knig????) God save our Gratious King now that just dusn't fit

Errr........I seem to recall the anthem then goes "God save the King".

baby boo 21-03-2006 14:00

Re: God Save the Queen
 
it doesnt bother me i dont know it anyway! i only know the first line then i seem to sing lalalala to the rest. :D

Acrylic-bob 21-03-2006 17:02

Re: God Save the Queen
 
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Originally Posted by Dean
Land of hope and Glory anyday and it's alot more cheary than God save our Gratious Queen (wat we gonna sing wen we get a knig????) God save our Gratious King now that just dusn't fit

You obviously have a different understanding of the word "Gracious". As a reference to the monarch, the word carries with it the explicit meaning of mercy, justice and even-handedness and as such it is an admirable quality in anyone and one which is devoutly to be wished for in any monarch. In the context of the National Anthem the word is not associated with attributes which may be seen as exclusively feminine.

SPUGGIE J 21-03-2006 17:22

Re: God Save the Queen
 
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Originally Posted by Tealeaf
Errr........I seem to recall the anthem then goes "God save the King".


That was a while ago. :D

WillowTheWhisp 21-03-2006 22:51

Re: God Save the Queen
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Dean
(wat we gonna sing wen we get a knig????) God save our Gratious King now that just dusn't fit


Isn't that how it was originally written? (apart from the spelling)

grannyclaret 21-03-2006 23:06

Re: God Save the Queen
 
Yep I Remember Singing God Save Our Gracious King .it Seemed Strange When He Died And We Had To Sing Queen Instead

WillowTheWhisp 22-03-2006 06:59

Re: God Save the Queen
 
Maybe Dean is confusing 'gracious' with 'graceful'? :D

Basher 22-03-2006 07:08

Re: God Save the Queen
 
Get rid of the darned thing and have Jerusalem, my old school song :D

WillowTheWhisp 22-03-2006 07:11

Re: God Save the Queen
 
The problem with Jerusalem is that it doesn't represent everyone. It's a Christian hymn and a large part of the population is not Christian.

lettie 22-03-2006 07:36

Re: God Save the Queen
 
I have to agree with Willow in that our anthem has a depressing quality about it and sounds like something that you would hear in a chapel of rest. Most of us seem to agree that Land of Hope and Glory would be a better anthem....

How many of us know all of the words to that????????:D

WillowTheWhisp 22-03-2006 07:49

Re: God Save the Queen
 
Land of Hope and Glory

Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free,
How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee?

Wider still, and wider, shall thy bounds be set;
God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet!

Truth and Right and Freedom, each a holy gem,
Stars of solemn brightness, weave thy diadem.

Tho' thy way be darkened, still in splendour drest,
As the star that trembles o'er the liquid West.

Throned amid the billows, throned inviolate,
Thou hast reigned victorious, thou has smiled at fate.

Land of Hope and Glory, fortress of the Free,
How may we extol thee, praise thee, honour thee?

Hark, a mighty nation maketh glad reply;
Lo, our lips are thankful, lo, our hearts are high!

Hearts in hope uplifted, loyal lips that sing;
Strong in faith and freedom, we have crowned our King!



Hmmm that last couplet poses a bit of a problem considering we don't have a king. What could rhyme with queen? "Loyal lips that preen"?

joobyjooby 22-03-2006 08:18

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Yeah me knows a good un.....let it be a home for all the retired wheelie bins.........wish mine would flippin retire, just nearly broke my back movin the dam thing!.....J

yerself 22-03-2006 08:49

Re: God Save the Queen
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
The problem with Jerusalem is that it doesn't represent everyone. It's a Christian hymn and a large part of the population is not Christian.

I thought England was a Christian country.

SPUGGIE J 22-03-2006 14:48

Re: God Save the Queen
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by WillowTheWhisp
The problem with Jerusalem is that it doesn't represent everyone. It's a Christian hymn and a large part of the population is not Christian.


Quote:

Originally Posted by yerself
I thought England was a Christian country.

Willow is commenting on the fact that in Jerusalem christians are a minority.

Driller 23-03-2006 12:38

Re: God Save the Queen
 
Cone on.. you can't change the anthem just like that! god save the Queen is known all over the planet. whats the swedish anthem or the ugandan anthem? no one knows


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