Wednesday, 17 October 2012

Flags and Anthems

Britain has its the national flag, the Union Jack.



The national Anthem is "God Save the Queen" which you can hear if you click on this link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fro3J4n5_Sc

The Welsh flag is the Red Dragon




The Welsh national anthem is "Land of my Fathers".  Here is the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpu7PEyvdCU

If you can't understand the words it is because  they are in welsh.

The Scottish flag is called the Saltaire



Their flag used to be the Red Lion and their anthem "Scotland the Brave". This link leads to it played on bagpipes and drums

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSH0eRKq1lE&feature=related

In the 1960s this was used as an advertisment for a porridge breakfast cereal. At about the same time a group of folk musicians wrote a song about a 14C battle when the scots beat an invading english army and now they always use that

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7YhtLXry60

The english flag is the Cross of St George




The english cheat. They use "God Save the Queen" as their national anthem as if they rule over the other countries. There is pressure on them to adopt "Jerusalem" as their national Anthem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW1XV-2OPkI






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