England to get a national anthem?

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Re: England to get a national anthem?

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Rule Britannia would get my vote, too.
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Re: England to get a national anthem?

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IanKennedy wrote:A couple of points:

1) We got there first
2) There's a reason for the similarity ;) (as in we used to "own" them)
Of course I'm aware of both points, but the fact of its ubiquity remains.
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Captain Seafort wrote:It's also the old German national anthem,
To be fair, at the time of George III, the monarchical government was more German than English.
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Re: England to get a national anthem?

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Are there a lot of songs to choose from? In the US we sing about ourselves alot whether it be pro American, anti American, or this thing where do where we have songs with anti/cynical/critical lyrics, but an uptempo chorus so some people treat them as being positive towards America.

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Anyway I'm curious if England sings about itself much and in what manner.

I can see the appeal of Rule Brittania, but I've been to the Roman fort in Chester, so it seems like it isn't quite accurate. Unless "again" is implied or something.
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A few points:

1) The Romans left in about 4AD as they had other pressing matters to attend to back home.
2) Rule Britannia dates from 1740, so isn't exactly contemporaneous with the Romans.
3) I will not <> I've have never been
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IanKennedy wrote: 1) The Romans left in about 4AD as they had other pressing matters to attend to back home.
2) Rule Britannia dates from 1740, so isn't exactly contemporaneous with the Romans.
3) I will not <> I've have never been
In the context of the song the Britons will never be slaves and never fall to a tyrant bits were sung by angles as your island rose from the sea. I suppose the lyrics are inherently fanciful and so there may be enough room for artistic license to ignore historical nits.
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You can't trust the word of an angel. Look what happened to their most infamous member.
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IanKennedy wrote:You can't trust the word of an angel. Look what happened to their most infamous member.
Touché :)

I had a hard time imagining you and Graham singing those lyrics, but perhaps you can enjoy them ironically.
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