Liverpool boo the national anthem.

[Scum-Triumphant]

Is anyone familiar with the second verse of the anthem

Thy choicest gifts in store
On him be pleased to pour,
Long may he reign.
May he defend our laws,
And ever give us cause,
To sing with heart and voice,
God save the King.

There is a bit about scattering enemies that refers to the gunpowder plot or the Scots. Depends which one you want to believe.

[jocksgloves]

I'm with Billy Connolly. National anthem should be the theme tune to the Archers.
For people who prefer royalty not to be the head of state, president Margaret Thatcher has a ring to it.

[animallittle3]

I'm with Billy Connolly. National anthem should be the theme tune to the Archers.
For people who prefer royalty not to be the head of state, president Margaret Thatcher has a ring to it.

Fortunately your a bit late for that , ding dong and all that .

We've enough quality songwriters or musicians to come up with a top national anthem , doesn't have to be something already out there .

[millertop]

Ours is possibly the shortest one so should make it longer just to piss some off

[animallittle3]

Ours is possibly the shortest one so should make it longer just to piss some off

Good idea , play the second verse too and even the most royalist lickspittle will be bored to tears soon enough .

[CAMiller]

Fortunately your a bit late for that , ding dong and all that .

We've enough quality songwriters or musicians to come up with a top national anthem , doesn't have to be something already out there .

Here's one that's based upon a familiar tune and follows a similar theme to the good ol' US of A's version.

Oh say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
Those White Cliffs that we scaled as our dinghies were sinking,
The red cross and white squares through the perilous night
O'er the headlands we watch'd were so gallantly streaming
And the searchlight's bright glare, F bombs filling the air,
Gave proof through the night that we almost were there.
Oh say does that Saint George's Cross yet wave,
O'er the land where it's free till you go to your grave.

[Adventus2012]

Ive never understood why the Liverpudlians are so anti establishment, anti British and anti English yet pro Irish! it baffles me!

[animallittle3]

Ive never understood why the Liverpudlians are so anti establishment, anti British and anti English yet pro Irish! it baffles me!

50% of the population of Liverpool have Irish ancestry .

[great_fire]

50% of the population of Liverpool have Irish ancestry .

Manchester has 35%, not the same there.

[animallittle3]

Manchester has 35%, not the same there.

Different political history possibly ?