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Will You Pledge Allegiance?

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Ashcombe Sun 30-Apr-23 07:49:29

Here are the lyrics of Zadok the Priest:-

Zadok the priest
And Nathan the prophet
Anointed Solomon king
And all the people
Rejoiced, rejoiced, rejoiced
And all the people
Rejoiced, rejoiced, rejoiced
Rejoiced, rejoiced, rejoiced
And all the people
Rejoiced, rejoiced, rejoiced and said

God save the king
Long live the king
God save the king
May the king live forever
Amen, amen, alleluia, alleluia, amen, amen
Amen, amen, alleluia, amen……..

There’s more but mostly repetition of the last five lines. I first sang this as a child in my church choir.

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karmalady Sun 30-Apr-23 07:40:34

I am a royalist but no, no pledge from me. Any allegiance from me is only to me and mine and I don`t need to make a pledge on that

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Ladyleftfieldlover Sun 30-Apr-23 07:40:09

Definitely not. I might wash my hair. There’s going to be a lot of clean hair that day! I thought the King wanted to modernise but anyway. This allegiance thing used to be done by the peers - but most of them aren’t being invited! It all sounds a bit of a muddle.

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Wyllow3 Sun 30-Apr-23 07:36:57

No!

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overthehill Sun 30-Apr-23 07:35:13

No

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vegansrock Sun 30-Apr-23 07:34:47

Apparently we are all supposed to stand up in front of our tellys and pledge allegiance to the King saying stuff like “ May the King live forever”
Will you me doing it? Me neither, I’ll be in the garden hopefully.
What does “pledge allegiance” even mean in the 21st century? Before royalist pile in, yes I do know it has its roots a few hundred years ago, and it’s taken from a Handel anthem , but , honestly , that’s no excuse is it? We’re not in the Brownies fgs.

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