tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post4608382118427526813..comments2024-03-29T09:13:55.008+00:00Comments on UK Commentators: NATIONAL ANTHEM OF THE ANCIENT BRITONSLabanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-31826273615559734022023-04-21T18:33:42.339+00:002023-04-21T18:33:42.339+00:00I sang it once a year as a Colleger at Eton as did...I sang it once a year as a Colleger at Eton as did my cousins before me: and I guess it reached Hackney Scouts via the Eton connection at Hackney Wick: indeed it was probably written for Hackney Scouts as Eton did not have a scout group?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-39996209821777713482021-06-22T20:36:57.258+00:002021-06-22T20:36:57.258+00:00As Cymru goes for Dignity through Independence Rut...As Cymru goes for Dignity through Independence Ruthin-Boy, Hope-Jones' Song needs to reverberate once again......but not at Eton! Wake-up you Sleeping Giants of Cymru and Sing,............Neil app Joneshttp://iconsofcymru.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-65808086543600783892015-03-08T09:54:13.192+00:002015-03-08T09:54:13.192+00:00Unfortunately, half the blasted Web seems to credi...Unfortunately, half the blasted Web seems to credit it to Flanders & Swann. I've got some of their LPs (in storage), and I'd've sworn they'd recorded it, but in websearching I can't find it listed as being on any of their recordings.<br /><i>(Why does this website list only time of comment and not date?!!! It is Sunday, 8 March 2015.)</i>thniduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958704597426844701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-44608977209880717922015-03-08T09:52:38.976+00:002015-03-08T09:52:38.976+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.thniduhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958704597426844701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-69445565392017810742012-05-11T20:58:42.632+00:002012-05-11T20:58:42.632+00:00Alas no, but it's a good version. Was that all...Alas no, but it's a good version. Was that all of it ?Labanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-21464872239537900862007-04-24T15:03:00.000+00:002007-04-24T15:03:00.000+00:00The version my Grandfather used to sing went:I wil...The version my Grandfather used to sing went:<BR/>I will sing a song of faces<BR/>That you meet in different places<BR/>At the dogs' home, at the races<BR/>Ev'rywhere you go<BR/><BR/>Everybody's got 'em<BR/>If you'll only spot 'em<BR/>Diff'rent jibs like umberella ribs<BR/>That worry you until you want to dot 'em<BR/>Everybody, without warning<BR/>Has to wear the dial he's born in<BR/>God save Ireland! Oh, good morning,<BR/>Have you used Pears Soap?<BR/><BR/>No idea who wrote it. Anyone know?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-18948502619029508102007-04-24T06:43:00.000+00:002007-04-24T06:43:00.000+00:00All the versions I'd ever seen credited it as 'Ano...<I>All the versions I'd ever seen credited it as 'Anon'</I><BR/><BR/>'Anon' has appointed Counsel to collect pending royalties on his extensive worksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-57308109806945289082007-04-23T20:43:00.000+00:002007-04-23T20:43:00.000+00:00I can't find an author - everywhere on the Web it ...I can't find an author - everywhere on the Web it seems to be 'anon'.<BR/><BR/>Has a late Victorian/Edwardian feel to it. My mother learned it as a child in the 1930s.Labanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-51779028524309047222007-04-23T19:46:00.000+00:002007-04-23T19:46:00.000+00:00You might be good enough to credit this.I can't re...You might be good enough to credit this.<BR/><BR/>I can't remember who wrote it, but I know fine it wasn't you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-4925519095635105062007-04-21T18:49:00.000+00:002007-04-21T18:49:00.000+00:00Woadn't it be luverly?Woadn't it be luverly?deariemehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06654632450454559188noreply@blogger.com