tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post6453392955687227386..comments2024-03-29T04:13:44.353-04:00Comments on BigCityLib Strikes Back: I Would Find It Hard To Sing Thatbigcitylibhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05081538803991095825noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-41128959518886760582010-03-04T20:37:55.073-05:002010-03-04T20:37:55.073-05:00Change the last line to Calgary and I think this o...Change the last line to Calgary and I think this one pretty much summarizes the CPC supporters' views of Canada.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzCccvr2XIg&feature=PlayList&p=98F5Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08112657859825911939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-90169036041674209952010-03-04T12:56:47.157-05:002010-03-04T12:56:47.157-05:00God save the queen/ She ain't no human bean.
....<i>God save the queen/ She ain't no human bean.</i><br />...and the fascist ray-zheem<br /><br />Hey I'm all for that version if everyone else is :)Tof KWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15756310841374198056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-88370031200091848762010-03-04T12:32:55.485-05:002010-03-04T12:32:55.485-05:00HOw about "The Maple Leaf Forever"?
As ...<i>HOw about "The Maple Leaf Forever"?</i><br /><br />As long as I get to write the French version of the rarely-sung nor remembered first verse:<br /><br /><i>In Days of yore, <br />From Britain's shore<br />Wolfe the dauntless hero came<br />And planted firm Britannia's flag<br />On Canada's fair domain.<br />Here may it wave,<br />Our boast, our pride<br />And joined in love together, <br />The thistle, shamrock, rose entwined,<br />The Maple Leaf Forever.</i><br /><br />...oh, the fun I shall have...Ti-Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620550471437012866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-50147201585670511862010-03-04T11:31:27.051-05:002010-03-04T11:31:27.051-05:00How about "The Maple Leaf Forever"?
Bet...<i>How about "The Maple Leaf Forever"?</i><br /><br />Better yet, "God Save the Queen"? <br /><br />Oh wait, there's that nasty reference to a deity one may or may not recognise. Sheesh!Tof KWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15756310841374198056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-28194991724114046532010-03-04T10:30:50.411-05:002010-03-04T10:30:50.411-05:00"all of us command"
"let's kee..."all of us command"<br /><br />"let's keep our land"<br /><br />Easy-peasy.Dr.Dawghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00416571487451925246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-74231760515022748822010-03-04T10:30:18.171-05:002010-03-04T10:30:18.171-05:00HOw about "The Maple Leaf Forever"?HOw about "The Maple Leaf Forever"?UU4077https://www.blogger.com/profile/10350775839411436865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-17882350734615901422010-03-04T10:21:09.289-05:002010-03-04T10:21:09.289-05:00Oh, God. That misuse of "fulsome" just d...Oh, God. That misuse of "fulsome" just drives me up teh wall. <br /><br />See Lady Alison on "Thy Dustiness." Imagine little kids trying to make sense of "thou dost in us." It's too painfully funny. Sort of like "Wolfe, the donkless hero."skdadlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10395908653129465704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-13699797611097953702010-03-04T10:19:39.660-05:002010-03-04T10:19:39.660-05:00As a woman, for years now, i've been changing ...As a woman, for years now, i've been changing that line to "in all of us command" when i sing the anthem. The "sons" reference does bother me. However, if they're going to rework the anthem, let's dump the asinine "god" reference too - as an atheist, that bothers me just as much. I don't even sing that part - i just hum it or switch to the french version.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23292180.post-57083247891781539452010-03-04T09:20:36.007-05:002010-03-04T09:20:36.007-05:00Talk about a shovel ready priority.Talk about a shovel ready priority.double nickelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02067401914703468252noreply@blogger.com