tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post8141414821805011825..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: My CountryAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-43979698666358839162010-04-22T15:42:11.711-07:002010-04-22T15:42:11.711-07:00I'm glad you liked it. I've never heard i...I'm glad you liked it. I've never heard it called by any other name, Retarius. I shall listen to your anthem standing by my desk. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-56215458598125194482010-04-22T04:36:45.994-07:002010-04-22T04:36:45.994-07:00Wow! That's a spine-tingler. (Is this also kno...Wow! That's a spine-tingler. (Is this also known by the name Thraxted?) Magnificent. If you don't use it, we should. I cringe when I hear the woeful dirge, "Advance Australia Fair". And bring on the second verse!!! Oddly AAF has also lost its second verse... and the fourth AND the fifth. It's originally a British Empire jingo song for schoolboys to sing around the flagpole at morning assembly.<br /><br />Check it here: http://www.hamilton.net.au/advance.html<br /><br />I had to sing the heinous thing several tens of thousands of times to practice for a school choir competition in which my school was grievously flogged because our teacher went for a "wistful rather than energetic" interpretation of the repertoire. I planned for several years to kill him but couldn't figure how to do it and get away with it.Retariushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09165689727557860449noreply@blogger.com