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It was taken over by the “Women’s Institute”, and various other groups - cultural and political - and became extremely popular. These days, it enjoys its annual enthusiastic bellow at the “Last Night of the Proms”, and has a unique place in English culture as a sort of unofficial national anthem at sporting contests. (A song, “Fight for Right”, written by [[Edward Elgar]] at the same time for the same purpose, and with far more bellicose words, has failed to last the distance.)
It was taken over by the “Women’s Institute”, and various other groups - cultural and political - and became extremely popular. These days, it enjoys its annual enthusiastic bellow at the “Last Night of the Proms”, and has a unique place in English culture as a sort of unofficial national anthem at sporting contests. (A song, “Fight for Right”, written by [[Edward Elgar]] at the same time for the same purpose, and with far more bellicose words, has failed to last the distance.)
==External links==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73eB-aAo8Eg The hymn orchestrated and sung] with a slideshow on YouTube
[[Category:Poetry]]
[[Category:Poetry]]
[[Category:Patriotic songs]]
[[Category:Patriotic songs]]