Nationality Song

[Samwise Gamgee]

I could give a few guesses on why yo never learned the german one. but of corse I am not positve it is correct or anything. I love history and German history and so I shan't say why, well at lest my guesses

[Swimfan1918]

Originally Posted by Miss Freckles

in history we talked all about the american hymn and its history and so, and then i realized we never talked about the german one in school... that's really weird...

and btw i love the hatikvah!! i've tried to learn it by heart several times but i keep forgetting it... but i know another hebrew song it's called "adon olam" (sp??)

o.k. kinda offtopic ...

haha u spelled it right yea wen i went to a jewish school we would sing that all the time and not only the american national anthem but also the israeli one so i kno both by heart

[pevensie_lover]

That's cool guys. Other nationality song that I know is England nationality song called God save the Queen

[Swimfan1918]

Originally Posted by pevensie_lover

That's cool guys. Other nationality song that I know is England nationality song called God save the Queen

in america we have a song to the toon of God Save the Queen....its formaly called "America" but everyone calls it "My Country 'tis Of Thee"

here are the words:
My Country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing.
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrim's pride,
From every mountainside
Let freedom ring.

My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love.
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills;
My heart with rapture fills
Like that above.

Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees
Sweet freedom's song.
Let rocks their silence break,
Let all that breathe partake;
Let mortal tongues awake;
The sound prolong.

Our fathers' God, to Thee,
Author of liberty,
To Thee we sing.
Long may our land be bright
With freedom's holy light;
Protect us by Thy might,
Great God, our King! A-men

No more shall tyrants here
With haughty steps appear
And soldier bands.
No more shall tyrants dread
Above the patriot dead;
No more our blood be shed
By alien hands.

we mostly just sing the 1st verse tho...too long to remember

[Gaby_Pensivie]

The brazilian song is too long so,I'll put just one part

"Ouviram do Ipiranga às margens plácidas,
de um povo heróico,brdo,retumbante.
E o sol da liberdade em raios fúlgidos,
brilhou no céu da pátria nesse instante!
Se o penhor,dessa igualdade,
conseguimos conquistar com braço forte![...]"

[~Lily*Lake~]

in Scotland we dont have an official national anthem but we use "Flower of Scotland" alot lol

O Flower of Scotland,
When will we see your like again
That fought and died for
Your wee bit hill and glen.
And stood against him,
Proud Edward's army,
And sent him homeward
Tae think again.

and so on lol (no one ever gets past that bit)

[Twilight]

Canada's national anthem is 'O Canada' (I know, how original). It goes:

"O Canada, our home and native land
True patriot love in all our Son's command
With glowing hearts we see thee rise
The true north, strong and free
From far and wide, O Canada
We stand on guard for thee
God, keep our land glorious and free
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee."

[Arien]

Norway´s national anthem is Ja, vi elsker dette landet which will be "Yes, we love this country" in english. It has 8 verses, but we only use to sing the 1 verse and sometimes the 7 and 8, but I can only the 1 which goes like this:

Ja, vi elsker dette landet,
som det stiger frem,
furet, værbitt over vannet,
med de tusen hjem.
Elsker, elsker det og tenker
på vår far og mor
og den saganatt som senker
drømmer på vår jord.
Og den saganatt som senker,
senker drømmer på vår jord.

And by the way here´s a link to all the national anthems in the world:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_anthems

[Cinnamon]

Here in Finland we have a song called "Maamme". That means "Our land". It really is very beauticful song, you should hear it sometime. But the song is too long and I'm too tired so I won't write it down today. Maybe some other day if you want to read it...

[Harlequin]

Us filipinos is "Lupang Hinirang" which means "Beloved Land" in Filipino

Lyrics:
Bayang Magiliw
Perlas ng Silanganan,
Alab ng puso
Sa dibdib mo'y buhay.

Lupang Hinirang,
Duyan ka ng magiting,
Sa manlulupig,
'Di ka pasisiil.

Sa dagat at bundok,
Sa simoy at sa langit mong bughaw,
May dilag ang tula
At awit sa paglayang minamahal.

Ang kislap ng watawat mo'y
Tagumpay na nagniningning,
Ang bituin at araw niya
Kailan pa ma'y 'di magdidilim.

Lupa ng araw, ng luwalhati't pagsinta,
Buhay ay langit sa piling mo;
Aming ligaya, na 'pag may mang-aapi
Ang mamatay nang dahil sa 'yo.