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[jobo]

God save our gracious Queen,
Long live our noble Queen,
God save the Queen:
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us:
God save the Queen.

O Lord, our God, arise,
Scatter her 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 her be pleased to pour;
Long may she reign:
May she defend our laws,
And ever give us cause
To sing with heart and voice
God save the Queen


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 Queen.

my favourite bits are the knavish tricks and the rebellious Scots!

LOL. It makes laugh that England doesn't even get a mention.

[Pharabus]

God save our gracious Queen,
Long live our noble Queen,
God save the Queen:
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us:
God save the Queen.

O Lord, our God, arise,
Scatter her 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 her be pleased to pour;
Long may she reign:
May she defend our laws,
And ever give us cause
To sing with heart and voice
God save the Queen


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 Queen.

my favourite bits are the knavish tricks and the rebellious Scots!

LOL. It makes laugh that England doesn't even get a mention.

it used too, not allowed to sing that verse any more

From France and Pretender
Great Britain defend her,
Foes let them fall;
From foreign slavery,
Priests and their knavery,
And Popish Reverie,
God save us all.

[Pharabus]

The Australian ones mentions Britain a lot, well originally it did

Verse 1
Australia's sons let us rejoice,
For we are young and free;
We've golden soil and wealth for toil,
Our home is girt by sea;
Our land abounds in Nature's gifts
Of beauty rich and rare;
In hist'ry's page, let ev'ry stage
Advance Australia fair.
In joyful strains then let us sing,
Advance Australia fair.

Verse 2
When gallant Cook from Albion sailed,
To trace wide oceans o'er,
True British courage bore him on,
Til he landed on our shore.
Then here he raised Old England's flag,
The standard of the brave;
"With all her faults we love her still"
"Britannia rules the wave."
In joyful strains then let us sing
Advance Australia fair.

[trotski_tgwu]

God save our gracious Queen,
Long live our noble Queen,
God save the Queen:
Send her victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us:
God save the Queen.

O Lord, our God, arise,
Scatter her 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 her be pleased to pour;
Long may she reign:
May she defend our laws,
And ever give us cause
To sing with heart and voice
God save the Queen


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 Queen.

my favourite bits are the knavish tricks and the rebellious Scots!

LOL. It makes laugh that England doesn't even get a mention.

Thats cause your English and irrelivant and shows just who they were afraid of at time of composing it

[St_Jubbsy]

People have booed an anthem before? Poor form...

I'm a republican (in terms of Australia at least) but I still find God Save the Queen to be much more stirring than Advance Australia Fair.

Can't wait until Sunday!

[exile in Tiger country]

If we have to play National anthems (and God Save the Queen is a dreadful dirge IMO)
We only need to play that.
The Queen is the head of state for Australia, so that should be played for both sides.

If they get "Advance Australia Fair" (how many Aussies use the word girt regularly?) then we should get "Land of Hope and Glory" or "Jerusalem" or even "Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)" by Frank Wilson or "Tainted Love" by Gloria Jones.

[Kittwazzer]

uote:


From France and Pretender
Great Britain defend her,
Foes let them fall;
From foreign slavery,
Priests and their knavery,
And Popish Reverie,
God save us all.

Bloody Hell!!