Do you know the words to your National Anthem?

for the footy ignoramous..

from JoeUser Forums
Tonight here in Australia we have the footy match called "state of origin" where queensland is up against nsw in a head to head battle of rugby league.

Before the game starts they all stand up to sing the Australian National Anthem.

Well.. this reminds me of when I was in the USA where everyone would stand and place their hand on their hearts and sing their anthm with pride.

Not here,

For those blockheads who dont know it, well Ill post the words for you..

Australians all let us rejoice
For we are young and free
We've golden soil and wealth for toil,
Our home is girt by sea:
Our land abounds in nature's gifts
Of beauty rich and rare,
In history's page let every stage
Advance Australia fair,
In joyful strains then let us sing
Advance Australia fair.

Beneath our radiant Southern Cross,
We'll toil with hearts and hands,
To make this Commonwealth of ours
Renowned of all the lands,
For those who've come across the seas
We've boundless plains to share,
With courage let us all combine
To advance Australia fair.
In joyful strains then let us sing,
Advance Australia fair.
Maybe we as Australians should be proud of our country and understand its heritage a little more.

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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top

Well.. this reminds me of when I was in the USA where everyone would stand and place their hand on their hearts and sing their anthm with pride.

Well, they probably did place their hand over their heart.  And they did it with pride.  But most Americans dont know the words to their anthem either! They just lip synched it!

And I still say the music sucks on the Star Spangled Banner.

Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
Thanks phoenixboi, I've never given a thought to any national anthems apart from USA and Canada (the Canadian one is beautiful)...but now I think Australia's anthem is more beautiful and heartfelt than any other. Australians ought to learn it and sing it with pride! I know I would. Maybe I will hehe.

btw I know all seven verses of USA's anthem by heart. No, wait, I know four of them...the other three I dunno. Our anthem isn't nearly as timeless as Australia's. Our anthem holds little meaning nowadays in our modern rush-rush ungrateful society.
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top

And no, I didnt google the thing.

You would have broke it if you had, as that was way off key!

Ok, so what are verse 2,3 and 4?

Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
But most Americans dont know the words to their anthem either! They just lip synched it!


Thats what they do here.. lip synch.. but you know when your on national television and people are watching and your supposed to be "leaders" in the community it really doesnt look good when your not even lip synching.. just standing there.. or if you are lip synching your saying the wrong words!

but now I think Australia's anthem is more beautiful and heartfelt than any other. Australians ought to learn it and sing it with pride! I know I would. Maybe I will hehe.


Yeah it is nice.. I wouldnt say beautiful though, but it is part of what we should be doing as part of our heritage and national pride

Ahem....


LW that sounded beautiful!



Ok, so what are verse 2,3 and 4?


Wasnt that the full anthem>??
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top

LW that sounded beautiful!



Ok, so what are verse 2,3 and 4?


Wasnt that the full anthem>??

Unfortunately no.  There are 4 verses.  And no, I dont know them!

Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
Ok.. I think we should have a look at this..
And no, I dont know them!
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top

Reply By: PhoenixboiPosted: Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Ok.. I think we should have a look at this..And no, I dont know them!

YOu want me to learn them and sing them?

4 get it!

I prefer America the Beautiful!

yours is nice tho!

Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top
3 by little_whip
Wednesday, May 25, 2005


and the other 2 stanzas? where dey be?
Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
Ok, so what are verse 2,3 and 4?


4???? yikes I thought it was 3. I guess I am a bad american. sniffles.
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top
4???? yikes I thought it was 3. I guess I am a bad american. sniffles.


No way! 75% is better than 25 or 0 percent!
Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top
Ok, so what are verse 2,3 and 4?


2nd, 3rd and 4th:

I knew the 1st and 4th by heart:

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines on the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! O long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.


And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wiped out their foul footstep's pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.


Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!


IG
Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top
WOW!

well come on Aussies.. where are ya? Do you know the words to our song??
Reply #13 from JoeUser Forums Top
All hail Lefors High School, we stand by you
Our hearts ever loyal to you that we love

...wait...

wrong song...
Reply #14 from JoeUser Forums Top
...wait...wrong song...


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Reply #15 from JoeUser Forums Top
Beautiful words Pheonixboi!!

I have nothing against the people who lip sinc their national anthems, I'd rather them sing, but standing with their hand over their heart (or equivalent local custom) goes far to show the respect intended.

What hurts is when I see (and hear) people either ignoring the anthem, or worse yet, mocking it just for a cheap laugh from their friends.

Until now, I didn't know the words to the Australian National Anthem.. Thank you! Does it have a title other than "Australian National Anthem?

Sometimes I wonder if anyone knows the words to the Canadian National Anthem. Or is it just....

O Canada... La La La La La Laaaaa Laaaa? ;~D
Reply #16 from JoeUser Forums Top
Does it have a title other than "Australian National Anthem?


Yeah it's called "Advance Australia Fair".
Reply #17 from JoeUser Forums Top
Cheer, cheer for Old Notre Dame...

oops, sorry, wrong song...


Hail to the Redskins, hail victory
We're on the warpath...
...

Ooops wrong again...

IG
Reply #18 from JoeUser Forums Top
I know the words to not only my own national anthem, but also the French! And no, I'm not a frog, but I DID watch "Casablanca" 5,367 times!
Reply #19 from JoeUser Forums Top
Oh, and I know PART of the Canadian anthem thanks to viewing more than a few Blue Jays and (now defunct) Expos (RIP) games.
Reply #20 from JoeUser Forums Top
Good for you Gideon..now u know the words to the aussie one too! ... ahh we have multiculturalism in JU!
Reply #21 from JoeUser Forums Top
Here, i know the french one:

Allons enfants de la patrie
Le jour de gloire est arrivé

Maybe i shouldnt bother tho...
Reply #22 from JoeUser Forums Top
I used to know the costa rican one, but that was long ago, and i know the Vanuatu one, but it's a really horrible one... Plus it's in bishlama (local language kinda like pidgin english)...
Reply #23 from JoeUser Forums Top
I know all the words to the first verse and most of the second. But I too was just as shamed to see those footballers not singing - infact I said as much to Nick.
No pride.
They don't even teach it at primary school anymore. When I was there we had to sing it on parade every Friday. At highschool it was only played at Anzac and Rememberence Day services
Reply #24 from JoeUser Forums Top
Oh Canada
Our home and native land
True patriot love
In all thy sons command
With glowing hearts
We see thee rise
The true North strong and free
From far and wide
Oh Canada
We stand on guard for thee

God keep our land
Glorious and free
Oh Canada
We stand on guard for thee

Oh Canada
We stand on guard for thee

I don't even have a clue as to the French translation, partly because I don't speak French and partly because it isn't a direct translation.
Reply #25 from JoeUser Forums Top
Maybe i shouldnt bother tho...


Come on IG lets see what you can do!

infact I said as much to Nick.No pride.They don't even teach it at primary school anymore. When I was there we had to sing it on parade every Friday. At highschool it was only played at Anzac and Rememberence Day services


Glad you noticed as well Trina!
Oh CanadaOur home and native land


Good one latour! nice words