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Thread #31708   Message #1136398
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
14-Mar-04 - 06:14 PM
Thread Name: English National Anthem
Subject: RE: English National Anthem
So, Roughyed, something like:

"...save the..."

Seems a bit sparse.

A much jollier song, with the same basic theme as the present one, was the Cavalier drinking song:

Here's a health unto his Majesty,
With a fal la la la la la la,
Confusion to his enemies,
With a fal lal la la la la la la.
And he that will not drink his health,
I wish him neither wit nor wealth,
Nor but a rope to hang himself.
With a fal lal la la la la la la la la,
With a fal lal la la la la la.