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This has nothing to do with motorcycling, but it has some Canadian content, eh?
The second line of Britain's national anthem, which was our
anthem when I was young, says, "Long live our noble queen."
Every word of that is solid gold stainless steel 100% wool, folks.
Of her long life, there is no doubt, but please consider the personal risk she ran by going to Ireland. Memories are long, and resentment runs deep, so she and Phillip faced the dangers posed by intransigent and resourceful people, to whom conflict is permanent. The history of rebels in and for Eire is bloody indeed.
So I salute her courage. It is, in the word of the song, noble.
Today I played "House of Orange" by Stan Rogers. He said he would never write a political song, but he did. He wrote this, and it was his very last song of so many wonderful songs he wrote for us, yet a tragically small fraction of what he could have written.
Here's the song: YouTube - Stan Rogers The House of Orange
(no video, just Stan's smiling face.)
Keith
The second line of Britain's national anthem, which was our
anthem when I was young, says, "Long live our noble queen."
Every word of that is solid gold stainless steel 100% wool, folks.
Of her long life, there is no doubt, but please consider the personal risk she ran by going to Ireland. Memories are long, and resentment runs deep, so she and Phillip faced the dangers posed by intransigent and resourceful people, to whom conflict is permanent. The history of rebels in and for Eire is bloody indeed.
So I salute her courage. It is, in the word of the song, noble.
Today I played "House of Orange" by Stan Rogers. He said he would never write a political song, but he did. He wrote this, and it was his very last song of so many wonderful songs he wrote for us, yet a tragically small fraction of what he could have written.
Here's the song: YouTube - Stan Rogers The House of Orange
(no video, just Stan's smiling face.)
Keith