how many of you guys know your national anthem WORD from WORD where you can say and write it?

[ixthrock]

and what's anachreon? that sounds like some play or something on broadway.

The poem was set to the tune of a popular British song written by John Stafford Smith for the Anacreontic Society, a men's social club in London. "The Anacreontic Song" (or "To Anacreon in Heaven"), with various lyrics, was already popular in the United States.

so i misspelled anacreon, and apparently there were lots of different versions of it, and i didn't know the star bangled spanner had other verses. the things ye learn.

[Nishin]

Ready for one of the world's shortest national anthems?

I've always loved this one, and realizing I can play and sing it (actually did it for a class project) when I can't get past first verse of my country's gory anthem...

[frankfrank]

Hey, if some country has a National Anthem which is an instrumental tune only without words, then I know the ENTIRE lyrics to it, even if it's from some place that nobody thinks about much, such as The Seychelles or something...

[frankfrank]

And can I say my damn cat was meowing in the background. That didnt help

Either that or somebody had an opera on in the background.

No, I take that back, opera is more like what a cat sounds like when dropped in boiling water...

j/k

[ozguy]

I certainly know the words to our National Anthem and I sing it loudly and proudly whenever the occasion demands it. I loved the way it was done at the Opening Ceremony of the Sydney Olympics ... I remember watching it live on the telly and I was bawling my eyes out so much that I couldn't sing it! Julie Anthony is THE VOICE of Advance Australia Fair and noone sings it better than she does!

[blackbeltninja]

We had to learn the then new .zw one written in Shona when it launched back when I was about 6 in 1982 or 1983 so we could sing it in assembly. I assumed this was normal and, as a result, I learned the then .za one when we moved down south in 1986.

We got a new .za one after 1994, but since I'm no longer at school (graduated in 1993) and not exposed to it that often, I don't know it very well. It is an abortion - 4 verses, 2 of which are the new one in isiXhosa and isiZulu (and it's not new, it's a traditional African prayer), and 2 of which are verse 3 and 4 of the old one in Afrikaans and English. We try to keep everyone happy in a very boring and PC way.

High time for a proper new one, I should wager. It's only been 19 years since The Troubles started. And a little google-stomping reveals that the Zimbabweans got themselves a new one written specially in 1994, replacing Ishe Komborera (the one I learned in 1983).

So, the short version in response to the OP: no, on all counts.

-d-

[frankfrank]

YES!!!

I know all of the words to Spain's National Anthem!!

[EuroSoccer]

Oh say can you see
by the dawn's early light
what so proudly we hailed
at the twilight's last gleaming.

whose broad stripes and bright stars
through the perilous fight
o'er the ramparts we watched
were so gallantly streaming

and the rockets red glare,
the bombs bursting in air
gave proof through the night
that our flag was still there.

oh say does that star-spangled
banner yet wave? O'er the land of the free
and the home of the brave.


At least that's what I sing, somewhere, at the top of my lungs, at least once a year.
and I don't even particularly jibe with nationalistic fervor.

Now, who knows the words to "To Anachreon?"

Copy and paste much?
Forgive me............. I am jealous cause I don't know mine

[Keeland]

Now, who knows the words to "To Anachreon?"

Don't try to sing this when drunk. Or sober, for that matter.

But who is this Anacreon fellow, anyway?

[TheLyingGame]

Lol, no.

......

[PreTTy PeTe]

I can sing both the American and Canadian national anthems in English.

You get used to hearing both of them, living in Rochester. Our local sports teams frequently play Canadian teams in baseball, hockey, soccer, and lacrosse.
The Rochester Red Wings AAA Baseball team frequently played the Ottawa Lynx (sadly, now defunct).
The Rochester Amerks AHL hockey team frequently plays teams such as the Hamilton Bulldogs, the Toronto Marlies, and the Abbotsford Heat.

And besides, what's PeTe going to think of me if I can't sing his country's anthem?

PeTe loves you no matter what you can sing. I loves you Ron.

[geloge]

¡Franco, Franco!
¡Qué tiene el culo blanco!
Porque su mujer,
se lo lava con Vernel.

¡Burro, cazurro, zopenco, animal!
¡Qué para saludar tiene usted que rebuznar!

¡Burro, cazurro, zopenco, animal!
¡Qué para saludar tiene usted que rebuznar!

[oakpope]

The French national anthem 'La Marseillaise' is rather long. Usually people know the first verse and the chorus.

[MTLDude]

Ô Canada
Terre de nos aïeux,
Ton front est ceint
de fleurons glorieux.
Car ton bras sait porter l'épée,
il sait portait la croix.
Ton histoire est une épopée
des plus brillants exploits.
Et ta valeur
de foi trempée
protégera nos foyers et nos droits.
protegera nos foyers et nos droits.

And we can do it in French too.

Je me suis fait battre au fil d'arrivée! Mais moi aussi je connais la version française de mon Hymne National.

I have been beat to the finnish line but I also know the words of my National Anthem in French. (Not very good poetry, if you ask me)... But I stumble upon the words of the English Version...

[star-warrior]

Not on your nelly.

[Beachguyj]

Word for word, not word from word,


word!!!

[TheSpectatingLoner]

Oh say can you see
By the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed
At the twilights last gleaming
Whose broad stripes and bright stars
Through the perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watched
were so gallantly streaming
And the rockets red glare
The bombs bursting in air
Gave proof through the night
That our flag was still there
Oh say does that star spangled banner yet wave
Oh the land of the free
And the home of the brave

I don't know (or care to know) any verses past that.




My favorite song about America skips all the glamorized war and sounds a hell of a lot more poetic:

God bless America
Land that I love
Stand beside her
And guide her
Through the night with a light from above

From the mountains
To the prairies
To the oceans
White with foam

God bless America
My home, sweet home

[alphaxxx]

I know the Welsh anthem, don't have a clue on most of the British anthem!!

[umjreon88]

Word for word, not word from word,


word!!!

Lol, WORDDD!!!