XPost: soc.culture.scottish, soc.culture.irish, uk.media.tv.misc
From: allan@EASYNET.CO.UK
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> allan connochie wrote:
> > "R.Peffers." wrote in message
> > news:96CdndFCcdHJUfbZnZ2dnUVZ8tOdnZ2d@bt.com...
> > >
> > > "allan connochie" wrote in message
> > > news:446c1021@news.greennet.net...
> > > >
> > > There mat be no official version but, at the time, it was published in
> > full
> > > in, "The Gentleman's Magazine", and was first performed in a London
> > theatre.
> > > It then became popular and was played at every performance in all
London
> > > Theatres. This was the beginning of the tradition of every performance
of
> > > any sort including, "God Save The King". This tradition did not die
out
> > > until the 1970s.
> >
> > I can safely say that I've never ever heard the sixth verse being sung
and
> > I've lived in the UK all my life! There was a discussion on scs just
last
> > week or the week before and several folk said they'd heard the second
verse.
> > Highlander heard it once at Melrose. But not the sixth! Of course it is
> > possible that you've heard it at some point but so what? It is one
obscure
> > verse of an unnofficial version of an unnofficial anthem from 250 years
ago,
> > and as Ian pointed out several weeks ago [for anyone on sci this topic
is
> > brought up every couple of weeks] it doesn't even necessarily refer to
Scots
> > in general.
> >
> We were taught it during my brief sojourn with the cubs when I was
> about 9! Even then I thought, this cannae be richt!
Which just goes to show we chase all the Scouts out of Scotland. I knew
there was something fishy about them!
Allan
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