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WCDT: Independence Day Week (4 - 8 July, 1961-1965)
Border Reiver:
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--- Quote from: Border Reiver on 04 Jul 2011, 05:36 ---Beauregard lead the Battery that fired on Fort Sumter.
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That was in April, so spring, not summer.
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I sit in my chair - corrected.
jwhouk:
God save... oh, yeah, you mean:
My country, 'tis of thee
Sweet land of liberty
Of thee I sing
Land where my fathers died
Land of the pilgrim's pride
From every mountainside
Let freedom ring!
pwhodges:
There was a version of the British National Anthem, approved in 1919, published a few times, and then forgotten, whose last verse ran:
Of many a race and birth
From utmost ends of earth
God save us all!
Bid strife and hatred cease
Bid hope and joy increase
Spread universal peace
God save us all!
Also, a couple of verses written in 1836, published in 1904, the second of which was used in the 2008 Olympic ceremonies:
May just and righteous laws
Uphold the public cause,
And bless our isle:
Home of the brave and free,
Thou land of liberty,
We pray that still on thee
Kind heaven may smile.
Nor on 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
TheEvilDog:
Amhrán na bhFiann
"Soldiers are we,
whose lives are pledged to Ireland,
Some have come
from a land beyond the wave,
Sworn to be free,
no more our ancient sireland,
Shall shelter the despot or the slave.
Tonight we man the "bearna baoil",
In Erin’s cause, come woe or weal,
’Mid cannon’s roar and rifles’ peal,
We’ll chant a soldier's song"
Though I'm rather more partial to Ireland's Call, even if it is just used by the national Rugby team.
Come the day and come the hour
Come the power and the glory
We have come to answer our country's call
From the four proud provinces of Ireland
Ireland, Ireland
Together standing tall
Shoulder to shoulder
We'll answer Ireland's call
From the mighty glens of Antrim
From the rugged hills of Galway
From the walls of Limerick and Dublin Bay
From the four proud provinces of Ireland
Hearts of steel and heads unbowing
Vowing never to be broken
We will fight until we can fight no more
For the four proud provinces of Ireland
Erin's warriors, clad in emerald
Steadfast souls confront their challenge
'Neath the glass sky they assemble
For the four proud provinces of Ireland
Somebody:
And we should give the traditional salute to Ol'Freebie!
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