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Thread #117700   Message #2538077
Posted By: GUEST,Martin Norcsalordie
12-Jan-09 - 01:27 PM
Thread Name: England's County Anthems
Subject: RE: England's County Anthems
ok, here's an example of what we're after.

If there was an Olympics for english counties and a county won an event, what would be the song everyone heard as the medals are handed out?

If (and sometimes when) England wins a gold we get to hear "God save the queen", like it or not. Even if we'd rather hear "Land of Hope and Glory", we get "God save the queen".

It's a bit hypocritical to then say that Widdecombe Fair is the county anthem, when the council has officially elected it to be the awful D-E-V-O-N song, but(and I'm going out on a limb here) Devonshire people would feel better represented by Widdecombe Fair.

If you look up Yorkshire on Wikipedia (and other sites) it says that Ilkla Moor "is considered the unofficial anthem of the county" so we'll roll with that one.

Clear as mud?