Comments on: I heard a funny rumor….. https://habitablezone.com/2012/02/05/i-heard-a-funny-rumor/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2012/02/05/i-heard-a-funny-rumor/#comment-11688 ER Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:36:05 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=9526#comment-11688 The Scots have been threatening this for years, too. The Irish actually got away with it. But you know what they say, "Britannia waives the rules." BTW, here is the rarely-sung 6th verse of "God Save the King(or Queen)", sung to the tune of "Our Country 'tis of Thee, Sweet Land of Liberty". <em>"Lord grant that Marshal Wade May by thy mighty aid Victory bring May he sedition hush And like a torrent rush Rebellious Scots to crush God save the King" </em> The Scots have been threatening this for years, too. The Irish actually got away with it. But you know what they say, “Britannia waives the rules.”

BTW, here is the rarely-sung 6th verse of “God Save the King(or Queen)”, sung to the tune of “Our Country ’tis of Thee, Sweet Land of Liberty”.

“Lord grant that Marshal Wade
May by thy mighty aid
Victory bring
May he sedition hush
And like a torrent rush
Rebellious Scots to crush
God save the King”

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