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REVEALED: England rugby fans could be BANNED from singing the iconic 'Swing Low, Sweet Chariot' song because it originated among slaves in America 150 years ago
UK Daily Mail ^ | June 18, 2020 | Will Kelleher and Jack Elsom

Posted on 06/18/2020 10:59:39 AM PDT by C19fan

England rugby fans could soon be banned from singing Swing Low, Sweet Chariot at matches because of the song's ties with slavery, it has emerged. The iconic anthem which rings round the stands at Twickenham is being reviewed by the Rugby Football Union, which has launched a wide-ranging probe into racism. Written by a black slave in the American South during the nineteenth century, the song was first belted out by supporters when two black wingers - Martin Offiah and Chris Oti - became sporting heroes on the pitch at the end of the 1980s.

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TOPICS: Local News; Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: blackliesmatter; blackliesmurder; blm; rugby; swinglowsweetchariot; twickenham; uk
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To: C19fan

Orwell 1984:
“’Don’t you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? In the end we shall make thoughtcrime literally impossibl
e, because there will be no words in which to express it.’”


21 posted on 06/18/2020 11:12:59 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: C19fan
They could sing...
22 posted on 06/18/2020 11:13:34 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: V_TWIN

I picture John Cleese waiving his arms as he runs around the stands yelling, “Stop it right now!”


23 posted on 06/18/2020 11:13:40 AM PDT by I-ambush (One foot in the grave, one foot on the pedal I was born to rebel.)
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To: C19fan

Old man river , he just keeps rolling along.


24 posted on 06/18/2020 11:13:43 AM PDT by Palio di Siena
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To: C19fan

Wanna Bet.....


25 posted on 06/18/2020 11:15:00 AM PDT by TexasM1A
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To: Palio di Siena
Old man river , he just keeps rolling along.

Sung by a Commie.

26 posted on 06/18/2020 11:15:12 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: C19fan

Revealed: All Americans could be banned from living in any of the 50 states because there was once slavery in America


27 posted on 06/18/2020 11:15:33 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: C19fan

And what of this fave ditty?

“Kum ba yah” (”Come by Here”) is an African American spiritual of disputed origin, but known to be sung in the Gullah culture of the islands off South Carolina and Georgia, with ties to enslaved West Africans.


28 posted on 06/18/2020 11:17:33 AM PDT by xp38
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To: C19fan

Jimmy Crack Corn, and I don’t care...


29 posted on 06/18/2020 11:18:42 AM PDT by PallMal
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Hope they never try to stop the Welsh from singing Bread of Heaven. It is said when they played The All Blacks (oh dear) the New Zealanders were shocked when the audience in the stadium belted out their song.


30 posted on 06/18/2020 11:19:50 AM PDT by mware (RETIRED)
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To: C19fan

So do this mean that Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and many other English rock musicians that interpreted the blues will now be banned too?


31 posted on 06/18/2020 11:21:49 AM PDT by bassmaner (Hey commies: I'm a white male, and guilty of NOTHING! Sell your 'white guilt' elsewhere.ietthatal)
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To: dfwgator

sung best by Sinatra.....who was a lot of things, but not a commie


32 posted on 06/18/2020 11:22:14 AM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: C19fan

This hymn was actually a codeword message of escape and liberation via the Underground Railroad, the “angels” who helped, the river crossings arranged by Quakers and others

If anything this song and other hymns used as code should be celebrated


33 posted on 06/18/2020 11:22:53 AM PDT by silverleaf (Great Things Never Come from Comfort Zones)
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To: dfwgator

I wonder when somebody will go after Mick and Keith for “Brown Sugar”.


34 posted on 06/18/2020 11:23:11 AM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Will it ever dawn on blacks what’s happening to their cultural heritage at the hands of democrats? Will the defacing and removal of MLK (which will happen sooner or later...he was a sellout or uncle Tom or something) do the trick?


35 posted on 06/18/2020 11:23:54 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: dfwgator

Not sure - I was thinking of the baritone - big black fellow - who sung it in the movie showboat


36 posted on 06/18/2020 11:26:04 AM PDT by Palio di Siena
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They should sing it the entire first half of their next game, just as Texas students should sing the Eyes of Texas for the first half of their next game and Florida students should chant “Gator Bait” for the entire first half of their next game.

Teach those crybabies a lesson in censorship.


37 posted on 06/18/2020 11:26:05 AM PDT by OrangeHoof (Step One of the recovery is 'flatten the curve'. Step Two is to flatten the tyrants.)
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To: silverleaf; All

http://www.harriet-tubman.org/songs-of-the-underground-railroad/


38 posted on 06/18/2020 11:26:07 AM PDT by silverleaf (Great Things Never Come from Comfort Zones)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Posted while we still can....for informational purposes only :)

“Brown Sugar”

Gold coast slave ship bound for cotton fields
Sold in a market down in New Orleans
Scarred old [Skydog] slaver knows he’s doing alright
Hear him whip the women just around midnight

Brown sugar how come you taste so good?
Brown sugar just like a young girl should

Drums beating, cold English blood runs hot
Lady of the house wonderin’ where it’s gonna stop
House boy knows that he’s doing alright
You shoulda heard him just around midnight

Brown sugar how come you taste so good, now?
Brown sugar just like a young girl should, now

Ah, get along, brown sugar how come you taste so good, baby?
Ah, got me feelin’ now, brown sugar just like a black girl should

I bet your mama was a tent show queen
And all her boyfriends were sweet sixteen
I’m no schoolboy but I know what I like
You shoulda heard me just around midnight

Brown sugar how come you taste so good, baby?
Ah, brown sugar just like a young girl should, yeah

I said yeah, yeah, yeah, woo
How come you... how come you taste so good?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, woo
Just like a... just like a black girl should
Yeah, yeah, yeah, woo


39 posted on 06/18/2020 11:27:45 AM PDT by xp38
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To: dfwgator

Sung by Paul Robeson - sometimes referred to as an American Masterpiece.


40 posted on 06/18/2020 11:29:07 AM PDT by Palio di Siena
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