Lost verse to National Anthem

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RPJS

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I found out to my suprise today that there are 6 verses to the British national Anthem, I was only ever taught 5.

verse 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!

Not very PC but it does reflect the political climate at the time it was written.
 

rodbolt

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was this the same god the scots were praying to ?
 

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ohh elll. now ya gots to bring da grammer nazis in.
:):)
only thing I know about scot history is this.
2000 years before christ. a blue painted pict was walking across the hihlands of scotland.
he stepped on a bloated sheep carcass and it sounded something like this. EEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSRRREEEEEEE.
and thus the pipes were born.
2000 years after christ the bag pipes sound something like this, EEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSRRREEEEEEEEEE.
and
thats my history lesson.
 

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Is that where the Scots got that thing?

Hmmmmm... we could substitute the bagpipes for the water board....... naaaa, that really would be torture. 8)
 

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God made alcohol so the Scots couldn't rule the world. I think some of my Irish blood must be coming out.
 

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I thought god made alcohol to dull the bag pipes :):).
 

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No god made alcohol so even ugly people could get ...........................well you know.
 

RPJS

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Such a pitty Stans working, he would have loved this.:love:

A few facts about the Scotts:

Thier national dress is a skirt and no underpants:^
Thier weather makes the English climate seem tropical:^
Thier national food is a sheeps stomach stuffed with all of the said sheeps nasty bits+o(
Thier only musical instrument sounds like a cat being swung around with it's nackers held firmly in a pair of vice grips.:^
Thier whisky would taste like Terps if it wern't for English oak8)
Thier women................. just look at Stans sister in law need I say more:%

It's no wonder they were rebellious
 

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ooooh you're crusing for a bruising there :D
 

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I like the sound of bag pipes. Especailly the battle hyme.

Drove the EX crazy though...8)
 

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I like bagpipes. Must be the Scottish ancestry kicking in or somehting.
 

ricksrster

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What else did that scot do the sheep carcass after he stepped on it? I heard stories about Scots and their sheep.
 

Nos4r2

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Nah that's the Welsh.
 

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Is that where the Scots got that thing?

Hmmmmm... we could substitute the bagpipes for the water board....... naaaa, that really would be torture. 8)

Actually a Ukrainian farmer invented the bagpipes, but he was so disgusted with the result that he buried it in a manure pile. The story goes that some wayward Scotsman was wandering the countryside in Ukraine and found these pipes sticking out of the manure pile, and since that time the Scots have been blowing the s--t out of them ever since!!
 

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Do'n a little dig'n there byacey?? This thread is from iboats sorted past!!:p;):D:D
 

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Social controversy . . .
 
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