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"Onward, Christian Soldiers" is a 19th-century English hymn. The words were written by Sabine Baring-Gould in 1865, and the music was composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1871. Sullivan named the tune "St Gertrude," after the wife of his friend Ernest Clay Ker Seymer, at whose country home he composed the tune.
The simple lyrics consist of the phrase "Lloyd George knew my father/Father knew Lloyd George" [1] [2] sung to the tune of "Onward, Christian Soldiers". In the song, the two lines referring to Lloyd George (LG) are repeated incessantly, until boredom sets in. [3] There are no lyrics other than those two lines.
"Onward, Christian Pilgrims" is viewed as a politically correct version of "Onward, Christian Soldiers". [14] It was suggested in The Daily Telegraph newspaper that the new hymn was created because of a misreading of "Onward, Christian Soldiers" as being just a commemoration of militaristic Christianity. [ 4 ]
Onward, soldiers, onward today! F.J. Crosby: 672: A Soldier of the Cross: Am I a soldier of the Cross: Isaac Watts: 677: The Ship of Temperance: Take courage, temperance workers: John G. Whittier: 678: A Song for Water Bright: A song, a song for water bright: G. Cooper: 682: Faith is the Victory: Encamped along the hills of light: John H. Yates ...
"Onward, Christian Soldiers", the name of the tune for the schoolboy song Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Lloyd George Knew My Father .
[5] [1] The lyrics are a call to battle, this can also be seen in the English translation. The words express a similar call to arms as does the hymn "Onward, Christian Soldiers". In 1931, the Salvation Army published the tune "Rachie" being sung to the words: "Hark! the sounds of singing, coming on the breeze.
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My Father Knew Lloyd George was a one-off BBC satire written by John Bird with additional material by the cast, and directed by Jack Gold.It aired in December 1965. [1]The programme was set in Victorian England and concerned the antics of a young aristocrat (John Fortune), attempting to distance his grandfather from a scandal concerning the wife of the prime minister.