Tony Duggan wrote:

>David Stewart wrote:
>
>>Anyway, you maybe right.  Can you think of any WORSE tune than the English
>>national anthem - 'God Save the Queen'.   Someone needs to write some
>>suitably sardonic lyrics to that.
>
>I think you mean the _British_ National Anthem.  If _England_ has a
>National Anthem it's usually "Land Of Hope and Glory " that's played.
>You'll never work for the BBC, David! ;-)  (You really have to be here
>at the moment to understand that reference.)
>
>You are right, though, the tune is dire.

No, he means the _English_ national anthem.  In Wales, we have our own
national anthem, and it's got a much better tune (even though I don't
understand all of the words).

Re the sardonic lyrics to the English tune: I thought P.B.Shelley had done
just that.

Peter Varley
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