wrong section no doubt but........

[rugeleyboy]

when the queen steps down or god forbid joins here mom in the posh part of heaven............. whats the national anthem gonna be??

god save our king just dont ring true to me??

[Katie~77]

I'll probably be told off for this, but I think they should ditch it altogether and get something a bit more up beat and jolly!x

[funkymoped]

hi RB.

do you think theres a posh part of Heaven ? i would have thought it was all posh...
also, would all the previous kings and queens have their own posh area ??
is heaven divided into sub sections ?? Brits over in that section, yanks with everything else....

a new national anthem !!!! how very dare you.....

"THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER" is our anthem... has been since the late 1940`s
:-)

[Ethel]

God Save Our King has been used for over 300 years.

I can't see it changing.

[mccfluff]

thought it used to be god save our king?

[rugeleyboy]

you see.....thats how ignorant i am, i never knew it was god save our king before????

[rugeleyboy]

Funky................ of course its devided into subsections!!! just like our glorious AB!!!!!

[IggyB]

just like AB?
so we'll all be in the wrong sections there to???!
(and being "zapped" will be much more serious i guess)

[-Z-]

Vindaloo

[jno]

God Save the King

God save our gracious King,
Long live our noble King,
God save the King!
Send him victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us;
God save the King!


Thy choicest gifts in store,
On him be pleased to pour;
Long may he reign:
May he defend our laws,
And ever give us cause
To sing with heart and voice
God save the king.


O Lord our God arise,
Scatter his enemies
And make them fall;
Confound their politics,
Frustrate their knavish tricks,
On Thee our hopes we fix,
God save us all!


Thy choicest gifts in store
On him be pleased to pour;
Long may he reign;
May he defend our laws,
And ever give us cause
To sing with heart and voice,
God save the King!


But be God's mercies known,
From shore to shore!
Lord make the nations see,
That men should brothers be,
And form one family,
The wide world o'er.


From every latent foe,
From the assassins blow,
God save the King!
O'er his thine arm extend,
For Britain's sake defend,
Our father, prince, and friend,
God save the King!


Lord grant that Marshal Wade
May by thy mighty aid
Victory bring.
May he sedition hush,
And like a torrent rush,
Rebellious Scots to crush.
God save the King!

That last verse (which was soon dropped) is a reminder that England had recently been threatened with Scottish invasion, which is why they wanted the King protected by God. Hardly necessary any more when she's clearly going to outlive us all, unless the SNP tries it on again of course.

[jno]

oh, there was a line missing there... no doubt you'll spot it and improvise a better one...

[crete]

flower of scotland for me thanks.

[Quizmonster]

I liked Billy Connolly's suggestion that the current anthem should be scrapped and replaced by the tune that introduces The Archers....rum-ti-tum-ti-tum-ti-tum...rum-ti-tum-ti-tum-ti...much livelier and less dirge-like!

[Craig007]

Quizmonster that was going to be my reply as well, that whole routine of Connolly's during his "An Audience with..." TV programme was brilliant.

[Craig007]

Found it!!!!


http://youtube.com/watch?v=odNNgEn5l6s

[Quizmonster]

Brilliant! Thanks for the link, Craig. I'd forgotten lots of the contents of the sketch and it's not common for me to be laughing aloud at 8 AM! Great!