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MarkJFine
Professor
7 years ago

"God Save The Queen" vs. "Our Country 'tis of Thee (America)"

This being a World Cup year, and just because the Spurs... I mean, England are playing Croatia this afternoon's semi-final... I'm surprised how few Brits realize what us Yanks have done to their nat...
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debbie.jean.bro
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It's "MY country tis of thee," not "OUR country..." In any event, I suppose the Brits will have to change it to "God Save the King" when they get stuck with (shudder) King Charles.
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MarkJFine
Professor
7 years ago
debbie.jean.bro wrote:
It's "MY country tis of thee," not "OUR country..." In any event, I suppose the Brits will have to change it to "God Save the King" when they get stuck with (shudder) King Charles.

Haha... you are correct. No idea where I got 'our' from. <insert egg on face emoji here>

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