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Fancy_Pollux wrote:

When Britain first at Heav'n's command
Arose from out the azure main;
This was the charter of the land,
And guardian angels sang this strain:

Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:
Britons never shall be slaves.



The nations not so blest as thee,
Shall in their turns to tyrants fall;
While thou shalt flourish great and free,
The dread and envy of them all.

Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:
Britons never shall be slaves.



Still more majestic shalt thou rise,
More dreadful from each foreign stroke;
As the loud blast that tears the skies,
Serves but to root thy native oak.

Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:
Britons never shall be slaves.



Thee haughty tyrants ne'er shall tame,
All their attempts to bend thee down
Will but arouse thy generous flame;
But work their woe, and thy renown.

Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:
Britons never shall be slaves.



To thee belongs the rural reign;
Thy cities shall with commerce shine;
All thine shall be the subject main,
And every shore it circles thine.

Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:
Britons never shall be slaves.



The Muses, still with freedom found,
Shall to thy happy coast repair;
O blest Isle! With matchless beauty crowned,
And manly hearts to guide the fair.

Rule, Britannia! Britannia, rule the waves:
Britons never shall be slaves.

Amhrán na bhFiann

Seo dhibh a cháirde duan Óglaigh,
Cathréimeach briomhar ceolmhar,
Ár dtinte cnámh go buacach táid,
'S an spéir go min réaltogach
Is fonnmhar faobhrach sinn chun gleo
'S go tiúnmhar glé roimh thíocht do'n ló
Fé chiúnas chaomh na hoiche ar seol:
Seo libh canaídh Amhrán na bhFiann.

Curfá:

Sinne Fianna Fáil
A tá fé gheall ag Éirinn,
buion dár slua
Thar toinn do ráinig chugainn,
Fé mhóid bheith saor.
Sean tír ár sinsir feasta
Ní fhagfar fé'n tiorán ná fé'n tráil
Anocht a théam sa bhearna bhaoil,
Le gean ar Ghaeil chun báis nó saoil
Le guna screach fé lámhach na bpiléar
Seo libh canaídh Amhrán na bhFiann.

Cois bánta réidhe, ar árdaibh sléibhe,
Ba bhuachach ár sinsir romhainn,
Ag lámhach go tréan fé'n sár-bhrat séin
Tá thuas sa ghaoith go seolta
Ba dhúchas riamh d'ár gcine cháidh
Gan iompáil siar ó imirt áir,
'S ag siúl mar iad i gcoinne námhad
Seo libh, canaídh Amhrán na bhFiann.

Curfá

A bhuíon nách fann d'fhuil Ghaeil is Gall,
Sin breacadh lae na saoirse,
Ta scéimhle 's scanradh i gcroíthe namhad,
Roimh ranna laochra ár dtire.
Ár dtinte is tréith gan spréach anois,
Sin luisne ghlé san spéir anoir,
'S an bíobha i raon na bpiléar agaibh:
Seo libh, canaídh Amhrán na bhFiann.

Curfá

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The Soldier's Song

We'll sing a song, a soldier's song,
With cheering rousing chorus,
As round our blazing fires we throng,
The starry heavens o'er us;
Impatient for the coming fight,
And as we wait the morning's light,
Here in the silence of the night,
We'll chant a soldier's song.

Chorus:

Soldiers are we
whose lives are pledged to Ireland;
Some have come
from a land beyond the wave.
Sworn to be free,
No more our ancient sire land
Shall shelter the despot or the slave.
Tonight we man the gap of danger
In Erin's cause, come woe or weal
'Mid cannons' roar and rifles peal,
We'll chant a soldier's song.

In valley green, on towering crag,
Our fathers fought before us,
And conquered 'neath the same old flag
That's proudly floating o'er us.
We're children of a fighting race,
That never yet has known disgrace,
And as we march, the foe to face,
We'll chant a soldier's song.

Chorus

Sons of the Gael! Men of the Pale!
The long watched day is breaking;
The serried ranks of Inisfail
Shall set the Tyrant quaking.
Our camp fires now are burning low;
See in the east a silv'ry glow,
Out yonder waits the Saxon foe,
So chant a soldier's song.

Chorus

Last edited by CameronPoe (2006-12-12 07:31:13)

IG-Calibre wrote:

What next? the fresh air tax?

No, it would be a hot air tax..........because like water, it's a plenty in N.I.

I know it's Scottish, but:


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RicardoBlanco wrote:

IG-Calibre wrote:

However, NI minister Lord Rooker said the new charges were needed "to bring water and sewerage standards up to the level of the rest of the UK".

He said £629m had been spent in the past three years on improvements.

Lord Rooker added that while Northern Ireland received the highest share of spending in the UK, it paid the lowest share of local taxes.

You have to laugh, the wanker says that " Northern Ireland received the highest share of spending in the UK ", maybe something to do with the fact you spent fuck all in the country for over 35 years you wanker, except to keep your army here, and it's supposed to be the dividends of peace. What the fuck do the rates we have always payed out, pay for?  This would never have been passed had the NI Assembly been up and running.. Yet another collective slap in the face to us all..



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/6170253.stm

Stop being so ungrateful.

We might not have spent as much on you as ourselves but then you pay fuck all taxes. On top of that, if the whole of Ireland was anything like the south there'd be no real economy to speak of. You can be bitter that we've kept a few troops over there but thats more to do with keeping you guys from killing eachother, which costs money by the way.

find a suitable response here - http://forums.bf2s.com/viewtopic.php?id=56730

have a nice day

RicardoBlanco wrote:

Stop being so ungrateful.

We might not have spent as much on you as ourselves but then you pay fuck all taxes. On top of that, if the whole of Ireland was anything like the south there'd be no real economy to speak of. You can be bitter that we've kept a few troops over there but thats more to do with keeping you guys from killing eachother, which costs money by the way.

Republic of Ireland: Strongest economy in the EU, highest standard of living in the EU, second highest GDP per capita in the EU (Luxembourg is no. 1). No real economy to speak of.

Give the Palestinians back their land.....oh wait, wrong part of the world.  Sounded familiar though.

usmarine2007 wrote:

Give the Palestinians back their land.....oh wait, wrong part of the world.  Sounded familiar though.

Its probably why the Irish on these boards and in general sympathies with the Palestinians.
More on why: http://www.brandonhamber.com/abstract-fear.htm

usmarine2007 wrote:

Give the Palestinians back their land.....oh wait, wrong part of the world.  Sounded familiar though.

The thing that gets right oan ma raspberry ripples is the constant confusion some have between England and the UK. They are not the same thing.
In 1603 King James VI became the first king of Great Britain. He was from the House of Stuart and a Scottish King, descended from Bruce, and son of Mary Queen of Scots. This replaced the house of Tudor and his descendents became the Royal Family.
England did beat Germany in the World cup ( as we are eternally reminded ) but did not beat them in WWII, that was Britain.
A pedantic point maybe but a very important distinction.

RicardoBlanco wrote:

CameronPoe wrote:

RicardoBlanco wrote:

Stop being so ungrateful.

We might not have spent as much on you as ourselves but then you pay fuck all taxes. On top of that, if the whole of Ireland was anything like the south there'd be no real economy to speak of. You can be bitter that we've kept a few troops over there but thats more to do with keeping you guys from killing eachother, which costs money by the way.

Republic of Ireland: Strongest economy in the EU, highest standard of living in the EU, second highest GDP per capita in the EU (Luxembourg is no. 1). No real economy to speak of.

Coming from such a low capital base I'd say your performance was pretty average and can be paralleled to countries like Estonia. Your GDP is growing fastest due to the fact it was so dismally low in previous years. Because the UK has such a higher capital base it's not really comparable, you'd need to look at our economy decades ago to see similar growth levels.

Just because an economy is growing doesn't mean it's noteworthy. The UK economy, however, is noteworthy,stable and more influential.

Our GDP (PPP) per capita is over $10,000 higher than that of the UK. Explain that one Einstein. Growth is largely irrelevant I agree. Unemployment is 4.3% as opposed to 5.5% in the UK too.

GDP (PPP) per Capita ($)

1     Luxembourg     69,800
2     Norway     42,364
3     United States     41,399
4     Ireland     40,610
5     Iceland     35,115
6     Denmark     34,740
7     Canada     34,273
8     Hong Kong     33,479
9     Austria     33,432
10     Switzerland     32,571
11     Qatar     31,397
12     Belgium     31,244
13     Finland     31,208
14     Australia     30,897
15     Netherlands     30,862
16     Japan     30,615
17     Germany     30,579
18     United Kingdom     30,436

UN Human Development Index, 2006

4. Republic of Ireland
18. UK

The Economist:

Last edited by CameronPoe (2006-12-13 08:13:52)

personally i dont want to be part of the uk, you people say england is great, but how exactly? letting in thousands of illegal immigrants, having terrorist sleep cells of which u can do nothing about.

i am for a united Ireland, and BTW I'm protestant

If you do make it so its:

English, get rid of NI
English, keep NI
Irish, gain NI
Irish dont gain NI.

So we can see the opinions of both side.