[Closed] Who knows the second verse to then National Anthem?

F)  Gobbed on the Vicar, shouted " It's a fascist regime",  flicked the V's at the  congregation and  leapt through the stained glass window in the vestry.

G) Go straight to verse six and start ranting about rebellious scots.

Dance.

Dance like yo ass is on fire....

The Minister was pretty good actually as he knew that a congregation of fidgeting 9 year olds were more interested in Roman soldiers and dragons than God. So we had a quiz about St George.

I got 5 out of 5.

I don't even know the first verse...

I like option F best so far....

Option H: Take a knee.

I had to learn for, ironically, a badge in Cubs. That was a little while ago now though, so I've forgotten it. Might have to relearn it now in case I get similarly dumped in it. I'd have gone for Option A though.

Outdoor cooking tonight 🙂

I had to Google it.

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.

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.

The rhyming goes a bit sideways there, doesn't it.  Was "voice" pronounced "vose" back in the 18th Century?

I thought this might be a  Terry Pratchett reference.

https://wiki.lspace.org/mediawiki/We_Can_Rule_You_Wholesale

The only anthem where the 2nd verse is actually; Ner, ner, ner etc.

I think you have got verses 1 and 3 there!!!

God Save The Queen

1God 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

Oh, 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!
#4
Not in this land alone,
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.

#5From every latent foe,
From the assassin’s blow,
God Save The Queen.
O’er thine arm extend,
For Britain’s sake defend,
Our mother prince and friend,
God Save The Queen.

#6

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.

The sixth verse is obviously not used anymore. I believe purely remains for a historical content and reference

Google fail.

I shall, of course, go and flagellate myself immediately.

I didn't know there were verses !

Jeez our anthem is dull. Charlie would do himself no harm if he pushed for something new when the time comes.

I would have withdrawn in protest at having propaganda/national anthem played at a children's event.

or K: suggest something more up beat, maybe something by Little Mix?

Jeez our anthem is dull. Charlie would do himself no harm if he pushed for something new when the time comes.

Nah, it needs to be a classic. Whilst some argue for the Prodigy's"Smack my bitch up", there' a stronger movement I reckon  to make this "Oops upside your head" by the Gap Band.

OP is in excellent company.

Nah, it needs to be a classic. Whilst some argue for the Prodigy’s”Smack my bitch up”, there’ a stronger movement I reckon  to make this “Oops upside your head” by the Gap Band.

"I want to break free" by Queen.

Brexit, innit.

Killer Queen, by Queen?

(IGMC)

Your all wrong.

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

:  )

Took the decision some time ago not to even mouth along to that steaming pile of shite. God and monarchy - belief in either is so far from my comprehension I would feel a total hypocrite to spew the words out.

You could always have done Redwood when he was welsh sec. Just waggle your head and look stupid!!

I would have withdrawn in protest at having propaganda/national anthem played at a children’s event.

You've got to be kidding. The children live in a nation. The nation has an anthem. How TF is that propaganda?

Have the British always been this cynical and anti-establishment? Flippin' heck. 'O Canada' and 'God Save the Queen' were sung at the beginning or end of every school day when I grew up.

How terribly I've been affected. 🙁

Woe is me.

You’ve got to be kidding. The children live in a nation. The nation has an anthem. How TF is that propaganda

Because its about two things God and Royalty neither of which have much of a positive impact on most of the nation. It doesnt reflect the nation

You’ve got to be kidding. The children live in a nation. The nation has an anthem. How TF is that propaganda

Because its about two things God and Royalty neither of which have much of a positive impact on most of the nation. It doesnt reflect the nation

This.

Its a song written in an age of repression and control.

Thankfully were are all a bit more informed, and able to make our own minds up as to the merits of singing a rhyme to please someone who bares little resemblance to a “leader”.

HTHs.

neither of which have much of a positive impact on most of the nation

That's a sociologically verifiable statement, is it? I bet there are many serious thinkers who would say otherwise, including political philosophers and political scientists... at least to the idea of a constitutional monarchy. As for 'God', although the way the anthem deploys the reference is historically Christian - as it is in Canada - over there the term has been debated and agreed upon by a vast majority to refer to any higher power the citizen chooses to refer to. Those who want to refer to [I]no higher power whatsoever[/I] are microscopic in number.

It doesnt reflect the nation

Really? A nation is comprised of more than the current population. It is also an [I]idea[/I] with constructed upon a collection of ideals and its history. To say it doesn't reflect the nation with such certainty is to put far, far more faith in the fleeting (and somewhat arguable) opinion of the present than I am willing to put.

EDIT:

HTHs

Not remotely.

The second verse of the national anthem is:

Hen Gymru fynyddig, paradwys y bardd;
Pob dyffryn, pob clogwyn, i'm golwg sydd hardd
Trwy deimlad gwladgarol, mor swynol yw si
Ei nentydd, afonydd, i fi.

I plan to take a knee for G.S.T.Q when I get gold at the olympics or win a Grand Prix etc

"Everyone
Everyone is so near
Everyone has got the fear
It's holding on
It's holding on"

Or how about

"Everybody's so infatuated
Everybody's so completely sure of what we are
Everybody defames from miles away
But face to face they haven't got a thing to say
I bleed for this and I bleed for you
Still you look at my face like I'm somebody new
Nobody wants anything I've got
Which is fine because you're made of everything I'm not"

OP I first thought you were at the same At George's parade I was at today.

God save, mumble, splutter, something, Queen

Etc.

genesiscore502011

The sixth verse is obviously not used anymore. I believe purely remains for a historical content and reference

Aye, but those are the words some of us hear when that tune is played....

The anthem is polluted forever by that verse and needs replacing.

Saxonrider.  "an" anthem can be seen as good.  "our" anthem "God save the queen" is a dreadfull dirge full of sentiment I cannot agree with.  "Flower of Scotland" while it can be very rousing sung by 60 000 at Murreyfeild is not much better only saved by "those days are past now - and in the past they must remain"

Italian national anthem has a good tune but IIRC is somewhat miltaristic

French is probably the best of the european ones unless you count "the red flag"  😉

Those who want to refer to <em class="bbcode-em">no higher power whatsoever are microscopic in number.

And that microscopic number are allowed to say its a **** awful dirge about two pathetically oldfashioned bitsof nonsense that continue to be current. Or do we just have to shut up and listen to the drivel.

<span style="font-size: 0.8rem;">And while we're at it burn the flag and its wavers.</span>

Atleadt verse 6 is honest. Ha

And that microscopic number are allowed to say its a **** awful dirge about two pathetically oldfashioned bitsof nonsense that continue to be current

As you will know, I would never deny that someone is allowed to say so. I am taking issue with some of the assumptions - born of cynicism as they are - that underpin the criticisms.

It's called discussion and debate.

...so anyway we can move past all this.

Would you all be seated please for the national anthem? "I said oops upside your head, I said oops upside your head". This is how we make the world a better place.

(That or just move straight to "Ode to Joy" - contrast this with the Brexit national anthem, which is just, to the tune of god save the queen,: "Brexit means Bre-ek-sit, Brexit means Bre-ek-sit, Brexit Brexit, da da da da Brexit means Bre-ek-sit etc etc.)

I think the full verses are good. Just needs to be trimmed to the important lines 😀

Scatter her enemies,
And make them fall.
Confound their politics,
Frustrate their knavish tricks,
Victory bring.
Rebellious Scots to crush,

I would have withdrawn in protest at having propaganda/national anthem played at a children’s event.

I'm pretty sure that it's not compulsory to send your child to the St. George's Day parade.

Billy Connolly had the right idea - everyone sing the theme tune to the Archers

more importantly, it needs to be more complex than the current tune so that the bl00dy awful trumpet players that follow the England footy team around can't play it

It’s called discussion and debate.

Sorry. Grumpy today.

But lets look at the sixth verse for a second. That is part of the song after all. The history if the song actively condones the suppression of the second largest nation in the union. It is LITERALLY propaganda. Now you could ignore it and lop it off the end but its still there a bit like ignoring most of leviticus and just cherry picking the bits yiu think will wash into todays society.

Its not my national anthem. its irrelevant the subjects within it are irrelevant they mean nothing to me and alit of other people why shouldnt we question it?

You’ve got to be kidding. The children live in a nation. The nation has an anthem. How TF is that propaganda?

How can a national anthem be anything else?

Have the British always been this cynical and anti-establishment?

Yes! 🙂

The only reason we've not had a revolution in the last few hundred years is that we still remember what happened the last time we had one....

The history if the song actively condones the suppression of the second largest nation in the union.

It doesn't, actually. It advocates suppressing the Jacobite rebellion within that nation, something that was as much highland vs lowland and catholic vs protestant, as it was England vs Scotland.

Which true.

But the song doesnt make that out does it. It just lumps all scots together. What a tune makes you proud to be british...