by Gubbins on Mon Nov 29, 2004 6:43 pm
Verse 6 of God Save the Queen:
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 a very Scottish-friendly verse (the whole song was written about Bonnie Prince Charlie's crew), so they tend not to sing that one these days. It's a bit of a dirge, anyway. Personally, I like Billy Connolly's idea of putting it to the words to the tune of the Archers... da da dee da da da da... it actually fits quite well.
Flower of Scotland is all about English-bashing, so if the English are going to have a Scottish-bashing anthem, why don't we have one to get our own back? Nothing like cross-border relations, eh?
...then again, that is only my opinion.