This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. However, Jerusalem or Land of Hope and Glory is the anthem played prior to kick-off. At international rugby union matches, the England team uses God Save The Queen as the national anthem. Send her victorious, 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. "The song has several theories about its meaning with one of those conveying that it coded a message to slaves, instructing them to escape.It is believed slaves sang the anthem who longed for freedom.However the late Horace Clarence Boyer, believed the song was about death and the song sends a message suggesting they would rather die than be here. At international rugby union matches, the England team uses God Save The Queen as the national anthem.However, Jerusalem or Land of Hope and Glory is the anthem played prior to kick-off.Jerusalem has proved popular with England’s rugby fans.The hymn originated as a poem and it was penned by William Blake.It imagines Jesus Christ visiting the "pleasant pastures" of Glastonbury in his wilderness years and paints a vision of England as a heaven on earth, at odds with the "dark Satanic mills" of industrialisation Blake regarded with such dismay.The date of its composition is not known but it was printed in 1808.More than a century later, the music was added by composer Sir Hubert Parry in 1916.The new English hymn was well-received during the gloom of World War I.In 1927, the centenary of Blake’s death, there were calls for Jerusalem to become the English national anthem.Although this never happened, the hymn’s widespread appeal has not dimmed.The song has also proved popular at other sporting events and can be heard at cricket and rugby league matches.Ahead of the Commonwealth Games in 2010, Team England conducted a public vote to decide whether to use Jerusalem or God Save The Queen as their anthem and it was Blake’s poem that narrowly won with a 52 per cent majority. order back issues and use the historic Daily Express

See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, News Corp is a network of leading companies in the worlds of diversified media, news, education, and information services.SWING LOW, Sweet Chariot is the long-serving anthem of England's national rugby union team.The song, with its first recordings dating back to over 100 years ago, has been sung by fans for over a decade - and now it's It is believed that the song may be dated back to 1865 when a slave called Wallace Willis may have been inspired by the Red River and of the Prophet Elijah's being taken to  heaven by a chariot.The earliest known recording of Swing Low, Sweet Chariot was in 1909 by students from Fisk University.The Fisk Jubilee Singers, as they were known, popularised the song during a tour of the US and Europe.It then had a revival in the 1960s when Joan Baez sang it during the popular Woodstock festival in 1969.It wasn't until around 1988 that the anthem became famous with England.The national rugby team was in disarray having lost 15 out of 23 matches in the old Five Nations.The Twickenham crowd had witnessed one England try in two and a half years but in a match against Ireland, they scored six second half tries.A group of boys had a tradition to sing the song every time a try was scored and from that game, more and more people joined in.After England won the World Cup in 2003, they returned home on a plane called "Sweet Chariot. The best-known version of William Blake's poem "And did those feet in ancient time, walk across england’s mountains green" is the song "Jerusalem", with music by Hubert Parry, which was orchestrated by Edward Elgar in 1922 for a large orchestra at the Leeds Festival. SWING LOW, Sweet Chariot is the long-serving anthem of England’s national rugby union team. God save our gracious Queen, Long live our noble Queen, God save the Queen! The song, with its first recordings dating back to over 100 years ago, has been sung by fans for ov… Pregnant Kate Ferdinand shows off her big baby bump on luxury holiday with Rio Iceland supermarket closed after mum 'finds human poo' in store freezer 'We don't care that we're trolled because we've proved size doesn't matter' EastEnders star Jamie Borthwick's fancy house with woodburning stove and guitars Amanda Holden feared Simon Cowell was going to die in horror bike accident©News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. "Jerusalem" is also performed at the annual Last Night of the BBC Promsas are "Land … newspaper archive.Jerusalem lyrics: Find out how to sing England's rugby anthem Why is England’s Rugby World Cup match vs Argentina not on the BBC?England Rugby World Cup prediction made by Nolli Waterman - Exclusive THERE aren't many sights in world sport like fifteen blubbing rugby players, swaying from side-to-side and belting out their respective national anthem. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. Upon hearing the orchestral version for the first time, King George V said that he preferred that "Jerusalem" replace "God Save the King" as the national anthem. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click Comments are subject to our community guidelines, which can be viewed England rugby fans have been singing Swing Low, Sweet Chariot since around 1988 England's plane home from their World Cup win in Australia was called Sweet Chariot Rugby fans sing Sing Low, Sweet Chariot at England matches Fans are passionate about singing the song at matchesEngland fans sing Sweet Chariot ahead of Rugby World Cup final against South Africa


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