{"id":155,"date":"2006-03-14T04:29:00","date_gmt":"2006-03-13T18:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=155"},"modified":"2006-05-01T04:23:08","modified_gmt":"2006-04-30T18:23:08","slug":"god-save-the-queen-and-god-crush-those-rebellious-scots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slackbastard.anarchobase.com\/?p=155","title":{"rendered":"God Save the Queen (and God Crush those Rebellious Scots)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>God save our gracious Queen,
\nLong live our noble Queen,
\nGod save the Queen:
\nSend her victorious,
\nHappy and glorious,
\nLong to reign over us:
\nGod save the Queen.<\/p>\n

O Lord, our God, arise,
\nScatter her enemies,
\nAnd make them fall.
\nConfound their politics,
\nFrustrate their knavish tricks,
\nOn thee our hopes we fix:
\nGod save the Queen.<\/p>\n

Thy choicest gifts in store,
\nOn her be pleased to pour;
\nLong may she reign:
\nMay she defend our laws,
\nAnd ever give us cause
\nTo sing with heart and voice
\nGod save the Queen.<\/p>\n

[Although in the original lyrics, verses 4-6 are now omitted entirely – partly to reduce the length of the anthem and partly due to the ‘rebellious Scots to crush’ line in verse six:]<\/p>\n

Not in this land alone,
\nBut be God’s mercies known,
\nFrom shore to shore!
\nLord make the nations see,
\nThat men should brothers be,
\nAnd form one family,
\nThe wide world o’er.<\/p>\n

From every latent foe,
\nFrom the assassin’s blow,
\nGod save the Queen!
\nO’er her thine arm extend,
\nFor Britain’s sake defend,
\nOur mother, prince, and friend,
\nGod save the Queen!<\/p>\n

Lord grant that Marshal Wade
\nMay by thy mighty aid
\nVictory bring.
\nMay he sedition hush,
\nAnd like a torrent rush,
\nRebellious Scots to crush.
\nGod save the Queen!<\/a> <\/p>\n

Three cheers and a loud huzzah! Australia’s head of state has arrived on our shores! And quite frankly, who cares if our gracious queen won’t acknowledge Melbourne’s traditional owners?<\/a> (We won’t.)<\/p>\n

\n

\"\"<\/a>Buckingham Palace [right, burning] says our noble queen will not be officially acknowledging the traditional owners of Melbourne<\/a> when our victorious, happy and glorious queen opens the Commonwealth Games<\/a> later this week. On Wednesday our mother, prince and friend heads to Melbourne to open the Commonwealth Games and Aboriginal groups have been calling for our gracious queen to acknowledge the Wurundjeri<\/a> people who are the traditional owners of the land on which she will be standing. But a publicist for the royal tour, Sam Cohen, says our noble cabbage will only be reading a message from the Commonwealth baton in a lovely foreign accent before declaring the Games open (except to rebellious Scots).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Well, about 30 years ago a millionaire property developer called John wrote another song with the same title but a different tune and different lyrics. More on him later. In the meantime:<\/p>\n

God save the queen
\nThe fascist regime
\nIt made you a moron
\nPotential H bomb<\/p>\n

God save the queen
\nShe ain’t no human being
\nThere is no future
\nIn England’s dreaming<\/p>\n

Don’t be told what you want
\nDon’t be told what you need
\nThere’s no future
\nNo future
\nNo future for you<\/p>\n

God save the queen
\nWe mean it man
\nWe love our queen
\nGod saves<\/p>\n

God save the queen
\nCause tourists are money
\nAnd our figurehead
\nIs not what she seems
\nOh god save history
\nGod save your mad parade
\nLord god have mercy
\nAll crimes are paid<\/p>\n

When there’s no future
\nHow can there be sin
\nWe’re the flowers in the dustbin
\nWe’re the poison in the human machine
\nWe’re the future
\nYour future<\/p>\n

God save the queen
\nWe mean it man
\nWe love our queen
\nGod saves<\/p>\n

God save the queen
\nShe ain’t no human being
\nThere is no future
\nIn England’s dreaming<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>No future
\nNo future
\nNo future for you<\/p>\n

No future
\nNo future
\nNo future for me<\/p>\n

No future
\nNo future
\nNo future for you<\/p>\n

No future
\nNo future for you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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