National Anthems

Ahnimus wrote:

To be fair "Deutschland über alles" "Germany above all" is no longer part of the German National Anthem post-WW2 and saying it will get you banned from german forums.

I didn'y know that. What do they sing now ??

Oh that's right, the chicken dance song !!

gue_barium wrote:

Austrailia let us all rejoice,
put another shrimp on the barbie
open a fosters beer
and shoot all the kangaroo's in sight...

Gee you folk have real problems understanding that they're called PRAWNS!!! Shrimp???!! pfft! :eek: PRAWNS people!! PRAWNS!!!

Supposing I was gonna drink beer, which is fairly unusual, it's be Cascade or Boags. Just because CUB had a big worldwide push for their shitty beer doesn't mean that we drink much of it here! It's the beer we send overseas!!

Now about Skippy. Unfortunately, in some parts of this country Skippy has reached plague proportions. I hate to see them killed off but if they are starving because there are too many of them, I'd rather see them culled humanely than die out from starvation or be hit by cars.

Ahnimus wrote:

I'd rather there was no anthems.

move to Scotland

from wiki "Scotland does not possess a legally recognised or confirmed anthem of its own."

it does however have 2 unofficial anthems that are sung at sporting events and/or slayings

Flower O Scotland
O Flower of Scotland,
When will we see
Your like again,
That fought and died for,
Your wee bit Hill and Glen,
And stood against him,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent him homeward,
Tae think again.

The Hills are bare now,
And Autumn leaves
lie thick and still,
O'er land that is lost now,
Which those so dearly held,
That stood against him,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent him homeward,
Tae think again.


Those days are past now,
And in the past
they must remain,
But we can still rise now,
And be the nation again,
That stood against him,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent him homeward,
Tae think again.

O Flower of Scotland,
When will we see
your like again,
That fought and died for,
Your wee bit Hill and Glen,
And stood against him,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent him homeward,
Tae think again


OR

Scotland The Brave
Towering in gallant fame,
Scotland my mountain hame,
High may your proud
standards gloriously wave,
Land of my high endeavour,
Land of the shining river,
Land of my heart for ever,
Scotland the brave.

High in the misty Highlands,
Out by the purple islands,
Brave are the hearts that beat
Beneath Scottish skies.
Wild are the winds to meet you,
Staunch are the friends that greet you,
Kind as the love that shines
from fair maidens' eyes.

Towering in gallant fame,
Scotland my mountain hame,
High may your proud
standards gloriously wave,
Land of my high endeavour,
Land of the shining river,
Land of my heart for ever,
Scotland the brave.

Far off in sunlit places,
Sad are the Scottish faces,
Yearning to feel the kiss
Of sweet Scottish rain.
Where tropic skies are beaming,
Love sets the heart a-dreaming,
Longing and dreaming for the homeland again.

Towering in gallant fame,
Scotland my mountain hame,
High may your proud
standards gloriously wave,
Land of my high endeavour,
Land of the shining river,
Land of my heart for ever,
Scotland the brave.

catefrances wrote:

australians all let us rejoice
for we are young and free
weve golden soil and wealth for toil
and home is girt by sea
our land abounds in nature's gifts
of beauty rich and rare
in historys page let every stage
advance australia fair
in joyful strains then let us sing
advance australia fair

beneath our radiant southern cross
we'll toil with hearts and hands
to make this commonwealth of ours
renowned of all the lands
for those who've come across the seas
we've boundless plains to share
with courage let us all combine
to advance australia fair
in joyfiul strains then let us soing
advance australia fair.

there you go two verses for ya jeanie.

Ah ta cate!! It's a vast improvement on God Save The Queen, that's for sure!!

Of course I've always been a little partial to our unofficial National Anthem Waltzing Matilda!!!

Jeanie wrote:

Ah ta cate!! It's a vast improvement on God Save The Queen, that's for sure!!

Of course I've always been a little partial to our unofficial National Anthem Waltzing Matilda!!!

I Still Call Australia Home is soooooooo much better than that song about sheep.

Hinny wrote:

I Still Call Australia Home is soooooooo much better than that song about sheep.

It's a generational thing I suspect, Hinny. I mean there were a whole stack of folk back in the Chisel days that used to call Khe Sahn the unofficial national anthem!! :eek:

Think, I'm glad we no longer sing God Save The Queen, which I can remember doing every morning at assembly with a picture of HRH in front of us. :eek:

And that even though I don't really care for it, we should keep Advance Australia Fair, and I'll keep mumbling along sometimes, when the mood strikes me to.

RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:

haha somebody tell Wikipedia....that's where it's from

The wikipedia article also states that the music of the German anthem is from the 'Roman-German' anthem 'Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser' which is complete bull. Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser was the Austrian anthem and became 'Gott erhalte, Gott behüte' when Kaiser Franz Joseph died in 1916 (the next and last Kaiser wasn't called Franz anymore ). Joseph Haydn, the composer lived all his live in the province of Burgenland (on the Hungarian border which wasn't a border back then) and Vienna and nowhere near anything German. There was an American Football game between Hamburg and Vienna last year and when they started playing the anthems, the entire stadium started singing 'Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser' when the German anthem started. It wasn't even meant to be mean, but we still learn that one in school, so it's an automatic reaction.

We don't take ourselves too seriously though. Our 'new' anthem starts with

Land der Berge, Land am Strome (land of mountains, land on the stream)
so people sing Land der Zwerge, Land der Gnome (land of dwarfs, land of gnomes). It doesn't help that there's a Land der Hämmer in there since hammer is also another word for idiot in some parts of the country

dunkman wrote:

is it national alliteration day or something

indeed it is.

There's been quite a big anthem debate over here since the singing of God save the ***** in Croke park

A Soldier's song

Soldiers are we,
whose lives are pledged to Ireland
Some have come from a land beyond the wave,
Some to be free,
no more our ancient sireland
Shall shelter the despot or the slave;
tonight we man the Bearna Baoghal
In Erin's cause.
come woe or weal;
'Mid cannon's roar and rifle's peal
We'll chant a soldier's song.

We'll sing a song, a soldier's song
With cheering, rousing chorus
As round our blazing fires we thong,
The starry heavens o'er us;
Impatient for the coming fight,
And as we wait the mornings light
here in the silence of the night
We'll sing a soldier's song

CHORUS

In valley green or towering crag
Our fathers fought before us,
And conquered 'neath the same old flag
That's floating o'er us,
We're children of a fighting race
That never yet has known disgrace,
And as we march the foe to face,
We'll sing a soldier's song

CHORUS

Sons of the Gael! Men of the Pale!
The Long watched day is breaking;
The serried ranks of Innisfail
Shall set the tyrant quaking.
Our camp fires now are burning low;
See in the east a silvery glow,
Out yonder waits the saxon foe,
So sing a soldier's song.