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Titolo: GOD SAVE THE QUENN

THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF GREAT BRITAIN
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
Oh 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!
Thy choicest gift 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!
To sing the National Anthem 
is a holy duty for everybody
who likes Britain!
King Liutprand II

"King Liutprand II" scrive (un po' a casaccio) e io cutto
allora Esq.
per cominciare si scrive Queen con 2 E e 1 N
e poi qui c'è la storia, tratta da
http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page317.asp
 che dovrebbe essere un po'
attendibile, che dici?
il sottoscritto è stato felicemente in collegi inglesi (tra l'altro portando
a casa il culetto sano che non è poco) e ci sono dibattiti anche feroci
sull'origine delle parole e della musica.  quanto riportato dovrebbe
chiarirti le idee.  per altro ci sono un paio di errori nella versione da te
trascritta.
lascia perdere la Famiglia Reale Inglese, manco sai di quel che parli. e poi
i Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (aka Windsor dal 1917) non credo apprezzino il tuo
infelicissimo
To sing the National Anthem
is a holy duty for everybody
who likes Britain!
"LIKES"???
e che sono, un pudding???
lascia stare va....
Augusto
'God Save The King' was a patriotic song first publicly performed in London
in 1745, which came to be referred to as the National Anthem from the
beginning of the nineteenth century. The words and tune are anonymous, and
may date back to the seventeenth century.
In September 1745 the 'Young Pretender' to the British Throne, Prince
Charles Edward Stuart, defeated the army of King George II at Prestonpans,
near Edinburgh. In a fit of patriotic fervour after news of Prestonpans had
reached London, the leader of the band at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane,
arranged 'God Save The King' for performance after a play. It was a
tremendous success and was repeated nightly thereafter. This practice soon
spread to other theatres, and the custom of greeting the Monarch with the
song as he or she entered a place of public entertainment was thus
established.
There is no authorised version of the National Anthem as the words are a
matter of tradition. Additional verses have been added down the years, but
these are rarely used. The words used are those sung in 1745, substituting
'Queen' for 'King' where appropriate. On official occasions, only the first
verse is usually sung, as follows:
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.
An additional verse is occasionally sung:
Thy choicest gifts in store
On her be pleased to pour,
Long may she reign.
May she defend our laws,
And give us ever cause,
To sing with heart and voice,
God save the Queen.
The British tune has been used in other countries - as European visitors to
Britain in the eighteenth century noticed the advantage of a country
possessing such a recognised musical symbol - including Germany, Russia,
Switzerland and America (where use of the tune continued after
independence). Some 140 composers, including Beethoven, Haydn and Brahms,
have used the tune in their compositions.

 e che sono, un pudding???
bbbbuonooooo
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
THE FACIST REGIME
THEY MADE YOU A MORON
POTENTIAL H-BOMB
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
SHE AINT NO HUMAN BEING
THERE IS NO FUTURE
IN ENGLANDS DREAMING
DON'T BE TOLD WHAT YOU WANT
DON'T BE TOLD WHAT YOU NEED
THERE'S NO FUTURE NO FUTURE
NO FUTURE FOR YOU
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
WE MEAN IT MAN
WE LOVE OUR QUEEN
GOD SAVES
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
'COS TOURISTS ARE MONEY
OUR FIGURE HEAD
IS NOT WHAT SHE SEEMS
OH GOD SAVE HISTORY
GOD SAVE YOUR MAD PARADE
OH LORD GOD HAVE MERCY
ALL CRIMES ARE PAID
WHEN THERE'S NO FUTURE
HOW CAN THERE BE SIN
WE'RE THE FLOWERS IN THE DUSTBIN
WE'RE THE POISON IN YOUR HUMAN MACHINE
WE'RE THE FUTURE YOU'RE FUTURE
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
WE MEAN IT MAN
WE LOVE OUR QUEEN
GOD SAVES
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
WE MEAN IT MAN
AND THERE IS NO FUTURE
IN ENGLANDS DREAMING
NO FUTURE NO FUTURE
NO FUTURE FOR YOU
NO FUTURE NO FUTURE
NO FUTURE NO FUTURE FOR ME
NO FUTURE NO FUTURE
NO FUTURE FOR YOU
NO FUTURE NO FUTURE FOR YOU
Gu.. diglielo tu che i nobili son tutti di sinistra.. a partire dal mio
amico.. il Conte Oliver... :-) Vi salutano anche il Cyrano e la Squitty...
voster semper voster...
p.s.: domani sera la goletta e' aperta?? che qualcuno deve offrire una lauta
cena???? :-)))))))))))))
--
Saluti
Max
Mad4web Sistemi telematici
"quando uno e' troppo rincoglionito per continuare ad imparare,
solitamente inizia ad insegnare...."