Ferval, did seek for " the bloody fields of Flanders"
And look in the middle there is something others than a cross...
Have to admit that I prefer Pumeza...from a musical point of view...
Kind regards from Paul.
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Subject: Re: About hymns Sat 02 Aug 2014, 20:07
Priscilla wrote:
Hymns and National anthems: So Jerusalem as well as for the Women's Institute, it is England's national anthem - this I did not know until these Games. How long has that been so? It must be politically confounding to anyone who hears the words with no idea of the - eeeeh I must try this the er -story arc behind it. Which makes it about right for England - confounding, I mean....
(I mean.......... yeah, I mean etc .....is also used alot by athletes when on a rabbiting high just after a race... I mean. Another I mean and I'll scream, I mean.)
Then there's the Australian anthem. It sounds to me much like 'All Glory Laud and Honour' the Easter hymn. Actually, on reflection, it seems to me that there's only a thinly cut slice of ham between most anthems and hymns.
Priscilla,
what one all learns as a "Continental" (from Europe) overhere on these boards...
Kind regards from your old (literally and "familiar through long acquaintance") friend, Paul.
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Subject: Re: About hymns Sat 02 Aug 2014, 20:11
And LIR thank you for your friendly reply.
Kind regards from an old recent friend, Paul.
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Subject: Re: About hymns Sun 03 Aug 2014, 10:00
ferval wrote:
'Flower of Scotland'! Don't start me. That was fine in a smoky folk club but as a national anthem - I think not. I'd go for 'Freedom Come A' Ye', did you hear Pumeza singing it at the Opening Ceremony? It's a pity they didn't put up the words - or a translation at least!
The Freedom Come All Ye This magnificent song was written by Hamish Henderson in 1960 for the peace marchers at the Holy Loch near Glasgow. The tune is the World War I pipe march, ‘The Bloody Fields of Flanders’.
Roch the wind in the clear day’s dawin
Blaws the cloods heelster-gowdie ow’r the bay
But there’s mair nor a roch wind blawin
Through the great glen o the warld the day.
It’s a thocht that will gar oor rottans
A’ they rogues that gang gallus, fresh and gay -
Tak the road and seek ither loanins
For their ill ploys, tae sport and play
Nae mair will the bonnie callants
Mairch tae war when oor braggarts crousely craw,
Nor wee weans frae pit-heid and clachan
Mourn the ships sailin doon the Broomielaw.
Broken faimlies in lands we’ve herriet
Will curse Scotland the Brave nae mair, nae mair;
Black and white, ane til ither mairriet
Mak the vile barracks o their maisters bare
So come all ye at hame wi Freedom,
Never heed whit the hoodies croak for doom
In your hoose a' the bairns o Adam
Can find breid, barley-bree and painted room.
When MacLean meets wi’s freens in Springburn
A' the roses and geans will turn tae bloom,
And a black boy frae yont Nyanga
Dings the fell gallows o the burghers doon.
Sorry to say (hangs head in shame) I hadn't heard of Pumeza before reading this though I have read (a little) about her on the internet and watched a couple of videos. Nice to see someone from South Africa achieving well in the world internationally. I thought Pumeza did very well with the Scots accent - though obviously I'm not native Scots so couldn't judge as aptly as, say, Ferval. In the event that Scotland does become independent, I guess we'll have to see what they choose as a national anthem. Will they keep the queen if they become independent? Would she become Elizabeth I of Scotland in that event (as Anne Boleyn's daughter was queen prior to the Union - and to the Stewarts becoming monarchs of England as well as Scotland)?
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Subject: Re: About hymns Sun 03 Aug 2014, 16:33
Some of us hope they'll take the whole family back in they do secede.
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Subject: Re: About hymns Sun 03 Aug 2014, 17:16
LadyinRetirement wrote:
Will they keep the queen if they become independent?
I've never understood why this question always arises whenever independence for Scotland is discussed. Nobody questions the fact that New Zealand and Australia both have their own teams at the Commonwealth Games. Or that they each have their own parliaments, foreign affairs departments and defence forces. Yet they both share the same monarch.
P.S. Does God Save The Queen qualify as a hymn?
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Subject: Re: About hymns Sun 03 Aug 2014, 17:43
Vizzer wrote:
LadyinRetirement wrote:
Will they keep the queen if they become independent?
I've never understood why this question always arises whenever independence for Scotland is discussed. Nobody questions the fact that New Zealand and Australia both have their own teams at the Commonwealth Games. Or that they each have their own parliaments, foreign affairs departments and defence forces. Yet they both share the same monarch.
P.S. Does God Save The Queen qualify as a hymn?
Vizzer, I did not realise the question had arisen numerous times before. Still, it won't be the first time I've thought of something and then discovered that the world and his Uncle Bertie and Auntie Gertie have been there, done that and worn the T-shirt before me. I suppose God Save the Queen could be construed as a hymn as it is addressed to God.
Edit: I was also thinking about whether Scotland would become a republic if it became independent but realise now I did not mention that in my original post.
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Subject: Re: About hymns Sun 03 Aug 2014, 18:03
Here's the full version - including those dodgy verses we just mustn't sing any more:
1. God save our gracious Queen, Long live our noble Queen, God save the Queen! Send her victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us; God save the Queen!
2. O Lord our God arise, Scatter her enemies And make them fall; Confound their politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks, On Thee our hopes we fix, God save us all!
3. Thy choicest gifts in store On her be pleased to pour; Long may she reign; May she defend our laws, And ever give us cause To sing with heart and voice, God save the Queen!
4. Not in this land alone, But be God's mercies known, From shore to shore! Lord make the nations see, That men should brothers be, And form one family, The wide world over.
5. From every latent foe, From the assassins blow, God save the Queen! O'er her thine arm extend, For Britain's sake defend, Our mother, prince, and friend, God save the Queen!
6. Lord grant that Marshal Wade May by thy mighty aid Victory bring. May he sedition hush, And like a torrent rush, Rebellious Scots to crush. God save the Queen!
This is genuine and completely innocent question: who on earth was Marshall Wade?
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Subject: Re: About hymns Sun 03 Aug 2014, 18:19
Had you seen these roads before they were made. You would lift up your hands and bless General Wade.
Marshal, then general, Wade was dispatched to Scotland after the 1715 rebellion to do a bit of crushing, mostly by constructing military roads and forts, Temp. Many modern roads follow more or less the same routes, the A9 for instance, and there's quite a number of stretches still visible. Fort William and Fort Augustus got their names from his efforts.
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Subject: Re: About hymns Sun 03 Aug 2014, 18:37
General Wade wasn't however so effective during the 1745 Jacobite rebellion, which is when the sixth verse was added to the national anthem. He was Commander-in-Chief of the main northern army which he based at Newcastle upon Tyne. But the sneaky Jacobites advanced down the west coast via Carlisle and so by-passed him completely. Far from "crushing the rebellious Scots", he failed to engage them at all. And he failed again when they retreated back to Scotland from Derby. Consequently he was replaced as commander by Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, and it was 'Butcher Cumberland' that did the required crushing when he led the army to success at Culloden in 1746.
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Subject: Re: About hymns Sun 03 Aug 2014, 20:11
Vizzer wrote:
Quote :
P.S. Does God Save The Queen qualify as a hymn?
The melody appears in my copy of "Hymns, Ancient & Modern", to accompany the words of the hymn, "Glory to God on High":
Glory to God on high, Let praises fill the sky. Praise ye His name. Angels His name adore, Who all our sorrows bore, And saints cry evermore, Worthy the Lamb.
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Subject: Re: About hymns Sun 03 Aug 2014, 21:02
Another point to appreciate about George Wade is that he was Irish. Just to add to the confusion.
About Glory To God On High - the same tune was also the American national anthem My Country 'Tis Of Thee for many years.
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Subject: Re: About hymns Sun 03 Aug 2014, 21:29
The tune was also the Swiss National Anthem, "Rufst du, mein Vaterland ", until 1961 and it is still used as the National Anthem of Liechtenstein, "Oban am jungen Rhein", (and so when England played Liechtenstein in a Euro 2004 football qualifier the same tune was played twice). In times past the tune has also been the Royal Anthems of Norway, Sweden and Saxony as well.
So an independent Scotland need not necessarily drop "God Save the Queen" as an anthem (and she will still be the Queen of Scots anyway) ... Canada, Australia, New Zealand all still retain the tune and lyrics as "Royal Anthems". Indeed for five acrimonious years after Rhodesia declared UDI from Britain, Rhodesia still retained "God Save the Queen", as the official national anthem.
From wiki:
"When Rhodesia issued its Unilateral Declaration of Independence from Britain on 11 November 1965, it did so while still maintaining loyalty to Queen Elizabeth II as the Rhodesian head of state, despite the non-recognition of the Rhodesian government by Britain and the United Nations; "God Save The Queen" therefore remained the Rhodesian national anthem. This was supposed to demonstrate the continued allegiance of the Rhodesian people to the monarch, but the retention in Rhodesia of a song so associated with Britain while the two countries were at loggerheads regarding its constitutional status caused Rhodesian state occasions to have "a faintly ironic tone", in the words of 'The Times'. Nevertheless, "God Save The Queen" remained Rhodesia's national anthem until March 1970, when the country formally declared itself a republic".
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Subject: Re: About hymns Sun 03 Aug 2014, 22:32
Does Australia still use God Save the Queen? NZ does and our government site says it is unique in having two national anthem of equal significance. (Though most NZers wouldn't think they were equal since God Save the Queen is only used officially when the Queen, Governor General or member of the royal family is present.) The Queen, however, did have to give permission for God Defend New Zealand to become our national anthem. I read in teara.co.nz (historical encyclopedia of NZ):In the early 1920s the governor general, Viscount Jellicoe, refused to attend a function when he saw ‘God defend New Zealand’ on the programme, with no mention of ‘God save the King’. I am a bit surprised it was used at what was presumably at least a semi-official occasion so early.
Re national anthems being hymns on the same site says, "A national anthem is a patriotic song that is often performed on official occasions. Its words may evoke a country’s history, foresee its destiny or express a political ideology. The musical form is usually that of a hymn, with a series of verses, each having the same tune."
Why is that last verse about Marshall Wade still considered part of the English national anthem - or is it not really? It's not mentioned anywhere as part of the New Zealand version.
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Subject: Re: About hymns Sun 03 Aug 2014, 23:40
In current usage, usually only the first and third verses are used, except for myself and fellow members of the Awkward Squad, who insist on singing only the second verse when the Mountbatten-Windsors are not physically present.
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Subject: Re: About hymns Mon 04 Aug 2014, 20:10
Gilgamesh of Uruk wrote:
In current usage, usually only the first and third verses are used, except for myself and fellow members of the Awkward Squad, who insist on singing only the second verse when the Mountbatten-Windsors are not physically present.
Kind regards from your old comrade (not the Russian version...but French: votre camarade, German: Ihr Kamerad, Dutch: Uw kameraad), Paul.
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Subject: Re: About hymns Mon 04 Aug 2014, 21:57
PaulRyckier wrote:
Gilgamesh of Uruk wrote:
In current usage, usually only the first and third verses are used, except for myself and fellow members of the Awkward Squad, who insist on singing only the second verse when the Mountbatten-Windsors are not physically present.
Kind regards from your old comrade (not the Russian version...but French: votre camarade, German: Ihr Kamerad, Dutch: Uw kameraad), Paul.
Paul : As I am off to the Land of my Fathers (several generations back) tomorrow, I will return your salutation as "Cofion cynnes oddi wrth eich hen gyd" - if Minette will pardon my suspect command of the language (even with the assistance of a Welsh-English dictionary).
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Subject: Re: About hymns Mon 04 Aug 2014, 22:49
See you back in some days, Gil. And with the trick learned from Nordmann:
Kind regards and with esteem,
Paul.
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Subject: Re: About hymns Sat 13 Mar 2021, 15:12
There was some information given a while back as to other countries which had a similar national anthem to the UK and also other songs with a similar or the same tune but I can't find that thread. Musicians who visit this site do you think the hymn Come Thou Almighty King is a 'cousin' of God Save The Queen?
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Subject: Re: About hymns Sat 13 Mar 2021, 15:31
Well that tune, "Italian Hymn" was composed for this text by Felice de Giardini in 1769. "God save great George our King" dates from the 1745 rebellion, when Giardini was living in London, so I reckon the resemblance may be a case of "My sweet Lord"
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Subject: Re: About hymns Mon 15 Mar 2021, 11:52
Green George wrote:
Well that tune, "Italian Hymn" was composed for this text by Felice de Giardini in 1769. "God save great George our King" dates from the 1745 rebellion, when Giardini was living in London, so I reckon the resemblance may be a case of "My sweet Lord"
Gil, thinking at tunes used for two different songs...and while I was seeking for great hymns about WWI, perhaps not so much as the rather "song?" "in Flanders fields" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN2xxA1NSRo but more a "real?" hymn?...
I came to a Dutch anti war "song?" after WWI... And it is dear to me and my sister as it is a remembrance of our "singing" father and as remembrance (while I had still the following original phonograph record) and I have it now on a CD as I let it perform by one of our family (a musical entertainer) in, first a part of the Dutch song and then the same in Italian from a part of "Torna a Sorrento"... https://www.wreed-en-plezant.be/wrdprs/2013/06/oorlog-aan-den-oorlog/ http://wp.leefdaal.be/PDF/388-oorlog-aan-den-oorlog.pdf
Kind regards, Paul.
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Subject: Re: About hymns Mon 15 Mar 2021, 11:59
Maybe, Gilgamesh. One thing I took from visiting this thread was that I saw the mention of Pumeza a few years ago by the much missed ferval so while I try to do tasks in my un enthusiastic, snail's pace way to do jobs about the house I've been listening to some tracks by Pumeza Matshikisi. I also listened to an interview where she mentioned that she originally had been encouraged to study to be a surveyor. Happily, (in my opinion at least) ahe decided that music was her first love.
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Subject: Re: About hymns Mon 15 Mar 2021, 12:02
My above comment was in reply to Gilgamesh and crossed posts with Paul by accident but I'll read Paul's comment with interest.
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Subject: Re: About hymns Mon 15 Mar 2021, 19:24
Occasionally, tunes get "lost". The original tune from "twa corbies" is a case in point. They borrowed the one from a much-later song, the Breton seperatist "An Alarc'h" (le cygne de Montfort), and now many folkies complain "An Alarc'h" is using "Twa Corbies" tune.
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Subject: Re: About hymns Tue 16 Mar 2021, 17:35
Green George wrote:
Occasionally, tunes get "lost". The original tune from "twa corbies" is a case in point. They borrowed the one from a much-later song, the Breton seperatist "An Alarc'h" (le cygne de Montfort), and now many folkies complain "An Alarc'h" is using "Twa Corbies" tune.