Oh, Say Can You See!

[LethalTexture]

"God Save The Queen" is short and sweet. I know it off by heart. (:

 

[Aurafire]

Sure do, I also know most of the Canadian anthem as well =P

I don't really think of it as an obligation, but you should probably know your own national anthem...

 

[Kraka-chan]

Being British, I only know the first verse of "God Save the Queen". Because that's the only verse that's sung at football/soccer matches, that's the only one I know. ^_^

Here's an interesting fact: there are four verses of the British National Anthem. The third verse is banned in Scotland because it's (apparently) anti-Scottish.

 

[Barney.]

Good ol' English national anthem, Short and easy to remember.

 

[Sounds]

meh,it really doesnt occure to me wen someone asks me to sing the french anthem...

 

[Netto Azure]

Yes...of course...

Sure do, I also know most of the Canadian anthem as well =P

I don't really think of it as an obligation, but you should probably know your own national anthem...

Didn't expect you to know the Canadian National Anthem...

Me I know the United States, Canadian, and Philippine National anthems...I actually liked memorizing them...Don't know the Japanese and Chinese (Hong Kong) since those were the two other countries I "stepped on."

The Canadian one I have memorized in English (and the French/hybrid that Lightning said too...but barely...I can sing it but not type it...) I actually prefer this than the US one since it's more relatively peaceful....After listening to it everyday over the PA system during Grade 4 both the English and French get stuck on your head eh?

Oh Canada, Our home and native land. True patriot love with all thy sons command! With glowing hearts we see thy rise...etc

The US...Basic patriotic words that gets stuck on your head...No flag ceremonies in class though :/ Still like it though...

Oh say can you see! by the dawn's early light! What so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,...Etc...

The Philippine one I had to sing to every day in school at Grades 1-3, 5-6 Got stuck on my head....

Bayang Magiliw. Perlas ng Silanganan. Alab ng puso, sa dibdib mong buhay! etc...
Look it up at Wikipedia....

 

[Ullion]

I know the words to my national anthem in English, French, and that crazy mixed hybrid they play in schools across the country. XD

THEY DO THAT TO YOU TOO? I thought I was just crazy, lol.

But yeah, ever since I was 6 or so, we've had to sing it (we stopped around grade 8 or 9), and in grade 8 I had french as my 1st period class. So I knew all 3 versions (check Lightning's post for the 3) but its been a while, so most of it has slipped away from my fragile memory.

 

[Jorah]

Eh, I don't know anyone's national anthem. I don't see the point in knowing. Oh, just looked at the English national anthem, I know the tune.

 

[Ivysaur]

I know the Spanish Anthem by heart. Mainly because it doesn't have a single word XD
Lala lala lalalalalala-la-la lalalala

 

[Red1530]

I have memorized the tune, the first line of the Star-Spangled Banner, and the history of its creation. The Star-Spangled Banner was written by Francis Scott Key during the Siege of Fort McHenry. Key was on an approved mission to release an American prisoner. During the negotiations he overheard the plans to attack Baltimore, M.D. Due to this he was held by the British Navy for the duration of the attack on the fort. After seeing the American flag still flying over the fort after the bombardment lifted, he began writing the Star-Spangled Banner on the back of a letter. After he and the prisoner he went to retrieve were released, he finished writing the Star-Spangled Banner in a hotel. In 1931 the Star-Spangled Banner was made the official national anthem of the United States.

The four verses of the Star-Spangled Banner are:

O! say can you see by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming.
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming.
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more!
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

O! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust.'
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
​

 

[Guillermo]

Of course I know the Australian National Anthem. It is a proud song in Australia sadly. It is sung almost everywhere, Football matches, Australian Idol, when anything big happens. You name it.

 

[txteclipse]

Oh say can you see, by the dawn's early light
What so proudly we hailed, at the twilight's last gleaming
Who's broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air
Gave proof through the night, that our flag was still there
Oh say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave!

It seems I know it. The first part that's always sung, anyways.

 

[Saryka]

I know the words to my national anthem in English, French, and that crazy mixed hybrid they play in schools across the country. XD

XD I totally forgot about that third version.

For some reason, I have that one memorized as well. o_o

 

[Aegis]

I don't know the national anthem for the United States at ALL XD; I didn't even realize that the title of this thread was part of the anthem until I read some of the posts... XD Hell, I don't even know the Pledge of Allegiance anymore. D:

 

[Mr. Curling Iron]

Yes... I know the australian Anthem :D

Australians all ... Ok.. Actually... I dont know it completely XD

 

[Nick]

Absolutely not. There's no way I can remember the lyrics to America's National Anthem. I mean, it's just.. not something I spend my hours doing. But, I can hum it very well and know how the notes go and all that fancy stuff. But I suppose I would have to know all that since I'm in band as it is. I'd put the part I know down, but I'm afraid I don't know if that's correct as is. So I'm not going to waste the humiliation I already have on myself for not really knowing it and just.. not post it? :]

 

[Snivi]

Some of it but not all of it.

 

[Eternal Nightmare]

Not to memory all i know is 'Oh Say can you see, by the dawns early light" and thats it. How unpatriotic of me.

 

[Volkner's Apprentice]

I really love the American national anthem. It just has a neat feel to it. Off topic kind of, but there's nothing better than watching the summer Olympics and listening to your nation's anthem play as a favored (or even better, underdog) athlete claims the gold. It's heart warming and I totally cried when Lochte won the 200m backstroke over Piersol. It was epic...and he was so proud (haha I guess I'm just a sports softy.)

 

[Legobricks]

I don't know it, and since I'd faster found my own country than willingly adopt the ideals of an existing one, I find no reason to know it.