Let me sing you the song of my people

We really hope the Queen doesn't die, you guys

@weelydangle Hope? Why hope? SHE CAN NOT DIE!

@weelydangle Why? Do you not hope that God saves Prince Charles when he becomes King; if he becomes king. :P

We really, really, really like The Queen and really rather she didn't die. So far, almost 67 years later, it seems to be working.

@gandyg Keep singing!

USA: We have a flag! Is it still there? It was last night!

France: We've been invaded! KILL THEM ALL

Ireland: We'll fight you off and sing while we do it.

Spain: [humming] (Spain's national anthem has no lyrics that anyone can agree on)

"Honey, did you bring the sullied Prussian blood to water our furrows ?"

@Spiclypeus

I must admit that was literally a LOL moment. It is rather notorious for its bloodlust but then as this comic shows there are some damn militant lines in a lot of the anthems.

@stevep59 Still, a renowned british rock band decided it was an appropriate introduction to a song called "all you need is love"... ;)
I always wondered if this was irony or ignorance on their part...

@Spiclypeus Actually, the "impure blood" refers to that of the commoners, who WILL sacrifice themselves for the nation unlike those dainty purebred aristocrats

@JulesLT I don't think there's any historical proof of that. According to researchers, it has always been about the invaders blood.

@JulesLT Well, this is an interesting interpretation, but a little too convenient I think... I'll stick to believing we are talking about our ennemies (prussia and austria at the time, probably england too...)

USA: "Hey, the flag was there last night; is it still there? Kinda hard to tell; the sun's not up yet."

@GermanYankee More like "Yay we're still standing even though we are getting the shit kicked out of us"

@GermanYankee Execute phase two of operation 1812: Replace the flags...

Netherlands: I am Willem, I am German and the Spanish king is my friend, but he has been a bit naughty recently. So unfortunately I now have to ask him to stop being such a meanie so my Dutch homies.

Poland: We may have gotten our ass kicked a thousand times but WE'RE NOT DEAD YET!
(+bonus points for being probably the only national anthem to positively reference Napoleon Bonaparte.)

I saw the title and I thought it was going to be a comment about Norway's Eurovision entry. This is so much better. XD

@einherji Haha, I also hoped it would be about Eurovision. I need a comic about Iceland's entry!

@may_g I am SO awaiting that ;) Brother Iceland abusing someone in a gimp mask and screaming about how hate will win and Europe will collapse, while Sister Iceland dances like a demon-possessed robot in a cage?

The US is just someone asking, "I know it's really early, but can you see the flag? Is it still up there? I mean, the fighting never stopped last night, so that's a good sign, right?"

The Norwegian one is actually more about farmers preparing their axes to fight, rather burning our own towns than surrendering and how few people we are in the harsh country. but ofcourse, people only know the first and last verse, which is mostly about god...