[Dixielandjazz] UK and July 4 -- GRAB YOUR MUSKETS!

[Judy Eames]

pj.ladd wrote:
> substituting Our Kingdom Shines Brightly" for "America Shines Bright" >>
>
> C`mon Will,
> you have already pinched God Save the Queen`, let it go...let it go
>
> Pat
>
>
A big difference (one of many :-) ) between the US and the England part 
of the UK  is that we just don't "do" conspicuous patriotism.  I thank 
Will for his kind offer but anything I sang would have to be overladen 
with irony.  Singing the National Anthem at the end of public 
performances went out years ago because so many people were crushed in 
the stampede to get out before it started.  :-) So unlike the US where 
spontaneous renditions of "God Bless America" have everybody on their 
feet but nobody would dream of leaving.  Vive les differences, they're 
what makes the world such an interesting and bewildering place.

As for the intra UK  fighting .... it's a bit like families...... you 
can slag your brother off but outsiders beware! 

XX Jude..... mostly English, part Welsh, part Irish (but Northern 
Ireland so  might originally have been  Scottish.)