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ChatterBank2 mins ago
A bit different, quite enjoyable, but there is a big BUT - did anyone else notice that in 'Rule Britannia' the line 'Britons never, never, never shall be slaves' was changed to 'Britons never, never, never will be slaves'! Quite a different meaning. Anyone any idea why? It was even 'will' on the subtitles.
It grated terribly with me.
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. . . and from the original poem, 'Alfred: A Masque' by James Thomson and David Mallet:
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Did anybody notice the lady trumpeter in the silver dress? During the latter part of Last Night ... she was mainly holding her instrument rather than playing it... I wondered if she had an issue with joining in with the more 'colonial' anthems, not that it deterred the hundreds waving European Union flagsπ€
When we attended the National Festival of Music for Youth proms concert at The RAH in November 2001, the organisers completely changed the words to Land Of Hope And Glory because it was only weeks after 9/11 and they said the words were too jingoistic and not appropriate at such a delicate time. I sang the original words, along with lots of others.