It’s a crap, boring anachronistic dirge that should’ve bin scrapped a long, long time ago.

This. It’s **** awful. Though if we are going to use it we should definitely have the verse about crushing the Scots in it. 🙂

I like Jerusalem, even though it’s religious and I’m not. It’s just evocative and stirring, unlike the dirge of GSTQ.

We have our own anthem about killing British people

I didn’t realise this was the Irish national anthem.

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgO4HCcy7q0[/video]

Who was Marshal Wade anyway?

What about the use of the slave spritual “swing low sweet chariot”? Always makes me cringe.

Its a vile Nationalist durge about bunch of Jerry
Benefit scroungers.

I dislike it. I want to sing along to Elgar:

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!

Manu Tuilagi seems to like it, he was clutching his chest and giving it bell oil before the Scotland match.

ignoring the words and sentiment [ god saving a monarch when i dont believe in either] it is still a blooming boring awful sounding tune.
Really dreadful on every level and not very rousing either

Hah! Not heard the SAM song for years!! I’ve got it lying around in the attic somewhere.

Were any of the Paddys here involved in that campaign that made ‘The men behind the wire’ the most popular song ever (or in the 20th century or something)

No no no love the anthem and love the queen and i’m PROUD to state that.

As for australia becoming a republic never will happen, now Advance Australia Fair is not very inspiring should be Walzting Matilda.

I get more embarrassed with Scottish nationalism brought about by a crappy film directed by a yanky anti semite