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13 hours ago, BFTD said:

It'd likely end up feeling like one of those modern Christian hymns. The ones that focus on "isn't life grand?" and bend over backwards not to mention God or Jesus.

Anyone else sing this one at primary school?

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Autumn days when the grass is jewelled
And the silk inside a chestnut shell.
Jetplanes meeting in the air to be refuelled.
All these thing I love so well

So I mustn't forget
No, I mustn't forget.
To say a great big
Thank You
I mustn't forget

Clouds that look like familiar faces
And the winter's moon with frosted rings.
Smell of bacon as I fasten up my laces
And the song the milkman sings

CHORUS

Whipped-up spray that is rainbow-scattered
And a swallow curving in the sky
Shoes so comfy though they're worn out and they're battered
And the taste of
apple pie.

CHORUS

Scent of gardens when the rain's been falling
And a minnow darting down a stream
Picked-up engine that's been stuttering and stalling
And a win for my home team.

To say a great big
Thank You
I mustn't forget

 

"Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes, Silvery white winters that melt into springs......"

Put it to a tune that can be played on bagpipes and we have a winner.

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26 minutes ago, John Lambies Doos said:

Get FOS in the sea, its anti English backward tripe, and since 2014 its become even more embarrassing

It's really not.

You may have a point with the second part.

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On 08/08/2021 at 12:31, Savage Henry said:

 I’d gladly go back to the days of Scotland the Brave, because it was at least upbeat.  Spain and Japan have anthems with no lyrics.  

Scotland The Brave does have lyrics (written by Cliff Hanley) but virtually nobody knows them.

They certainly weren't sung by the crowd at Hampden...

"Na na nana na na na..."

 

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On 10/08/2021 at 10:44, John Lambies Doos said:

Get FOS in the sea, its anti English backward tripe, and since 2014 its become even more embarrassing
Caledonia is the correct decision here.

I wonder if the French worry that La Marseillaise is too anti-Austrian. 

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