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Thread #82430 Message #1510836
Posted By: GUEST,Lanfranc at the orifice
27-Jun-05 - 06:03 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Songs for Trafalgar Night
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Songs for Trafalgar Night
Balance be blowed weelittledrummer!
When did the Fenians ever sing "God save the Queen", "Land of Hope and Glory" or "Jerusalem" for a bit of balance?
Go and watch (or heckle) the marches and leave this celebration to us English (OK, we might let the Scots and Welsh join in - and the Ulstermen, too, but only if they promise to keep quiet and behave themselves)
Currently researching Alex Atterson's setting of the Charles Causley poem about Nelson's corpse in its barrel of brandy. Will revert if successful.
Alan