I'll kick the song off:
"Swing loooowwwweee, sweeet chaaaaariot"
over to you
"Swing loooowwwweee, sweeet chaaaaariot"
over to you
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Beat the tulip out of the Aussies and send themmmmm hoooooome!Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostI'll kick the song off:
"Swing loooowwwweee, sweeet chaaaaariot"
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Allons enfants de la Patrie,Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostI'll kick the song off:
"Swing loooowwwweee, sweeet chaaaaariot"
over to you
Le jour de gloire est arrivé !
Contre nous de la tyrannie,
L'étendard sanglant est levé, (bis)
Entendez-vous dans les campagnes
Mugir ces féroces soldats ?
Ils viennent jusque dans vos bras
Egorger vos fils et vos compagnes !
Aux armes, citoyens,
Formez vos bataillons,
Marchons, marchons !
Qu'un sang impur
Abreuve nos sillons !
Ahh..........I love the smell of Garlic in the morning!!“The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”Comment
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Typical fecking turn-coat Scot.Originally posted by shaunbhoy View Post
Allons enfants de la Patrie,
Le jour de gloire est arrivé !
Contre nous de la tyrannie,
L'étendard sanglant est levé, (bis)
Entendez-vous dans les campagnes
Mugir ces féroces soldats ?
Ils viennent jusque dans vos bras
Egorger vos fils et vos compagnes !
Aux armes, citoyens,
Formez vos bataillons,
Marchons, marchons !
Qu'un sang impur
Abreuve nos sillons !
Ahh..........I love the smell of Garlic in the morning!!
Have you no songs of your own?
Oh, sorry, I forgot. "You only sing when you're winning!"Comment
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Not often then. No wonder they're so miserable all the timeOriginally posted by Churchill View Post
Hard Brexit now!
#prayfornodealComment
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Swing Low is hardly an English song though is it? If anything it is more Welsh.....Originally posted by Churchill View Post"If you can read this, thank a teacher....and since it's in English, thank a soldier"Comment
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Turn coat scots?
Yeah like you boys will be cheering us on. I'll cheer on England at any sport but rugby, at which they are the biggest bunch of c0cks in the world ... come on the froggies - get it up em!
Think I'm safe in saying outside England that that's a pretty global attitude!Hang on - there is actually a place called Cheddar?? - cailin maith
Any forum is a collection of assorted weirdos, cranks and pervs - Board Game Geek
That will be a simply fab time to catch up for a beer. - Tay
Have you ever seen somebody lick the chutney spoon in an Indian Restaurant and put it back ? - CyberghoulComment
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Originally posted by daviejones View Post
I didn't think it had anything to do with the Welsh at all.
Wikipedia says Swing Low, Sweet Chariot was composed by Wallis Willis , a one-time slave of the Choctaw Indians in the old Indian Territory, around 1862. He was inspired by the Red River which reminded him of the Jordan River and of the Prophet Elijah being taken to heaven by a chariot.Comment
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Originally posted by oracleslave View Post I didn't think it had anything to do with the Welsh at all.
Wikipedia says Swing Low, Sweet Chariot was composed by Wallis Willis , a one-time slave of the Choctaw Indians in the old Indian Territory, around 1862. He was inspired by the Red River which reminded him of the Jordan River and of the Prophet Elijah being taken to heaven by a chariot.
http://anthem4england.co.uk/modules/....php?storyid=6
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" is an African-American spiritual from the 1870s. It was one of several included by black singer Harry Burleigh in a celebrated 1917 compilation.
The exact origin of this spiritual is unknown although, like many others, it became popular among plantation workers in the 19th century.
There's a story that, in 1840, Wallis Willis, a slave of a Choctaw Indian, looked out over the cotton field he was tilling upon the Red River in the distance. It reminded him of the Mississippi and the plantation his master owned before moving to Doaksville, in Indian territory. Wallace expressed his longing by singing: 'Swing low, sweet chariot, comin' for to carry me home.'
The song probably first became popular in South Wales, where spirituals were sung in male voice choirs. Why it moved to the rugby sidelines is not certain - it may simply be that it's a rousing tune. Some say it was a response to the number of black players entering the game, chanted by a predominantly white crowd.
The song was adopted by England rugby fans on March 19, 1988, during a Five Nations match between England and Ireland.
At halftime England were 0-3 down. After the third of a second-half hat-trick of great tries by Chris Oti, the supporters sang spontaneously in celebration. England stormed home to win the game 35-3, and the song became the team's anthem."If you can read this, thank a teacher....and since it's in English, thank a soldier"Comment
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Must be true if Wikipedia says so..Originally posted by oracleslave View Post I didn't think it had anything to do with the Welsh at all.
Wikipedia says Swing Low, Sweet Chariot was composed by Wallis Willis , a one-time slave of the Choctaw Indians in the old Indian Territory, around 1862. He was inspired by the Red River which reminded him of the Jordan River and of the Prophet Elijah being taken to heaven by a chariot.
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