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HughBeaumont

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71. THat's one. Here are several others.
Thu Sep 17, 2015, 08:23 PM
Sep 2015

Sweden:

Thou ancient, thou free and mountainous North
Thou quiet, thou joyful beauty!
I greet thee, most beautiful land upon earth,
Thy sun, Thy sky and meadows green.
Thy sun, Thy sky and meadows green.

2. Thou rest upon memories of great olden days,
When honored thy name flew across the world,
I know that thou art and will be as thou were,
Yes, I want to live I want to die in the North
Yes, I want to live I want to die in the North

Canada:

O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

Germany:

Unity and Right and Freedom
For the German Fatherland!
After these let us all strive
Brotherly with heart and hand!
Unity and Right and Freedom
Are the pledge of happiness.
Bloom in the splendour of this happiness,
Bloom, my German Fatherland!
Bloom in the splendour of this happiness,
Bloom, my German Fatherland!

Lithuania:

Lithuania, our homeland,
Land of worshiped heroes!
Let your sons draw their strength
From our past experience.

Let your children always follow
Only roads of virtue,
May your own, mankind’s well-being
Be the goals they work for.

May the sun above our land
Bannish darkening clouds around
Light and truth all along
Guide our steps forever.

May the love of Lithuania
Brightly burn in our hearts.
For the sake this land
Let unity blossom.

United Kingdom:

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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

Switzerland:

1. When the morning skies grow red
And o’er their radiance shed,
Thou, O Lord, appeareth in their light.
When the Alps glow bright with splendour,
Pray to God, to Him surrender,
For you feel and understand,
For you feel and understand,
That he dwelleth in this land.
That he dwelleth in this land.

2. In the sunset Thou art nigh
And beyond the starry sky,
Thou, O loving Father, ever near
When to Heaven we are departing,
Joy and bliss Thou’lt be imparting,
For we feel and understand
For we feel and understand
That Thou dwellest in this land.
That Thou dwellest in this land.

India:

Thou art the ruler of the minds of all people,
Dispenser of India’s destiny.
Thy name rouses the hearts of Punjab, Sind,
Gujarat and Maratha,
Of the Dravida and Orissa and Bengal;
It echoes in the hills of the Vindhyas and Himalayas,
mingles in the music of Jamuna and Ganges and is
chanted by the waves of the Indian Sea.
They pray for thy blessings and sing thy praise.
The saving of all people waits in thy hand,
Thou dispenser of India’s destiny.
Victory, victory, victory to thee.

Hell, let's look at evil Iraq:

My homeland, My homeland
Glory and beauty, Sublimity and splendor
Are in your hills, Are in your hills
Life and deliverance, Pleasure and hope
Are in your air, Are in your Air
Will I see you? Will I see you?
Safe and comforted, Sound and honored
Safe and comforted, Sound and honored
Will I see you in your eminence?
Reaching to the stars, Reaching to the stars
My homeland, My homeland

You guys were saying?

COME on.

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It was originally a poem, IIRC MannyGoldstein Sep 2015 #1
It's not a good poem either. Nobody can remember the words. struggle4progress Sep 2015 #3
You know one verse and a chorus, here's the rest of 'Doodle' : Bluenorthwest Sep 2015 #15
School kids could easily learn that with enthusiasm and would never forget it struggle4progress Sep 2015 #26
If you say so. It's fairly antique, difficult to understand and not universally applicable to the Bluenorthwest Sep 2015 #65
The original version, if anyone's interested... Mac1949 Sep 2015 #5
Someone here at DU suggested a plausible drinking game to go with that: struggle4progress Sep 2015 #8
Sounds like fun, but... Mac1949 Sep 2015 #17
Go ahead and compose a new anthem. Maybe it will be a hit. nt ladjf Sep 2015 #2
There are plenty of good possibilities struggle4progress Sep 2015 #7
America the Beautiful! Ray Charles! longship Sep 2015 #11
Would the DU community endorse any song with "God" in it? brooklynite Sep 2015 #18
OK but let's not bicker to the point of doing nothing struggle4progress Sep 2015 #23
I'd rather have a song about god than a song about bombs XemaSab Sep 2015 #48
"he has loosed the faithful lightning of his terrible swift sword....." brooklynite Sep 2015 #49
I didn't mean EVERY song about god XemaSab Sep 2015 #74
As somebody who's not a big fan of God RexDart Sep 2015 #77
The next anthem could be C&W ... JustABozoOnThisBus Sep 2015 #4
We can fight fire with fire there struggle4progress Sep 2015 #9
Sub title the song - All Hail to the Corporation liberal N proud Sep 2015 #6
Yankee Doodle Dandy struggle4progress Sep 2015 #13
...and the home... of the... crazed! nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2015 #10
My country 'tis of thy people struggle4progress Sep 2015 #19
And, btw, I don't believe any apocryphal story about 'the British fleeing in terror' from a song. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2015 #12
Revisionist! struggle4progress Sep 2015 #14
You need to read all of Richard Armour's books 1939 Sep 2015 #33
Why? DFW Sep 2015 #16
De Colores struggle4progress Sep 2015 #20
why have one that is sung at all? melm00se Sep 2015 #22
I suppose we could just use the current one without lyrics struggle4progress Sep 2015 #31
Yes other countries' anthems sound like hymns treestar Sep 2015 #53
Not all DFW Sep 2015 #67
I'd like one that is not about bombs, LWolf Sep 2015 #21
Geronimo's great-grand-daughter told me she refused to sing Guthrie's song struggle4progress Sep 2015 #24
I can see that. LWolf Sep 2015 #25
Maybe we could offer folk several national anthems, copying the example struggle4progress Sep 2015 #28
This land is your land. nt Javaman Sep 2015 #27
The fact that no one can sing that song is what makes it beautiful. Sheldon Cooper Sep 2015 #29
Well, we could just lend out instruments and ask people to play along with this struggle4progress Sep 2015 #32
ha ha marions ghost Sep 2015 #41
I vote for this one: johnp3907 Sep 2015 #30
This Is My Country struggle4progress Sep 2015 #34
Or some good-old Milwaukee 90s Goblinmonger Sep 2015 #55
Why have a song at all it serves no purpose except divisiveness YabaDabaNoDinoNo Sep 2015 #35
Who needs a song to divide us when we can already be so divisive via internet? struggle4progress Sep 2015 #39
It's an embarrassing anachronism. HughBeaumont Sep 2015 #36
You should research the lyrics of other national anthems. Throd Sep 2015 #42
France: Bluenorthwest Sep 2015 #66
THat's one. Here are several others. HughBeaumont Sep 2015 #71
On this topic, more or less marions ghost Sep 2015 #37
+ struggle4progress Sep 2015 #40
America Uber Alles? ryan_cats Sep 2015 #38
God Bless the USA? hardluck Sep 2015 #43
If Socialist Bernie becomes our Prez... pink-o Sep 2015 #44
Sorry, but no other national song lets people do this: Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2015 #45
Toby Keith's "Have I Got a Present for You" Orsino Sep 2015 #46
I think Randy Newman has written many anthems about America olddots Sep 2015 #47
A Few Words in Defense of Our Country struggle4progress Sep 2015 #50
We should adopt the Spanish national anthem -- much easier to sing nichomachus Sep 2015 #51
Que? Throd Sep 2015 #52
People make up all sort of things to fill the gap nichomachus Sep 2015 #54
I guess I should have yelled "Stop making shit up" at everyone when I lived there. Throd Sep 2015 #63
Sometimes that's called for nichomachus Sep 2015 #69
Maybe Taylor Swift can write it, OP! WinkyDink Sep 2015 #56
God Bless America rogerashton Sep 2015 #57
If Democrats picked this battle, Snobblevitch Sep 2015 #58
You don't think everyone would sign on for John Prine's Paradise? struggle4progress Sep 2015 #62
"simple gifts" DonCoquixote Sep 2015 #59
Love is Little struggle4progress Sep 2015 #61
God Bless the USA by Lee Greenwood is good Reter Sep 2015 #60
I agree, something to keep with modern times. Rex Sep 2015 #64
Mebbe Lawyers, Guns and Money struggle4progress Sep 2015 #68
Nope Snow Leopard Sep 2015 #70
Blister in the Sun? Glassunion Sep 2015 #72
Gets my vote! beac Sep 2015 #73
"America, F*&# Yeah!" has my vote. Nailzberg Sep 2015 #75
"Sweet America," Buffy Saint Marie. Admiral Loinpresser Sep 2015 #76
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