In Which gnomi is a Musical Troublemaker

[gnomi]

So mabfan and I met for lunch downtown (as is our usual pattern for Tuesday), and as we're walking back to the T along Tremont St., we pass a tour group being led by a woman in Colonial garb. Just as we pass, she starts leading them in song:

"My country, 'tis of thee/Sweet land of liberty/Of thee I sing."

As we pass, I sing -- not softly, but not loudly, either, and mabfan joins in -- "Send her victorious/Happy and glorious/Long to reign o'er us/God save the Queen."

We then sang the next stanza ("Oh, Lord our God arise/Scatter her enemies/And make them fall./Confound their politics/Frustrate their knavish tricks/On thee our hopes we fix/God save us all") as we headed across Park St. to the T.

Comments

[magid.livejournal.com]

That song makes me think of E. L. Konigsburg's The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

I don't believe I've ever read that. I do believe I should.