Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Oh Say Can You See

Last night we had National Anthem Night for FHE. We heard the Belgian national anthem:
(Which is sung without salute of any type except by those in uniform. It can be sung in French, Flemish or German, all nationally recognized languages. I chose French because that's what Quentin speaks)

Brabançonne
Ô Belgique, ô mère chérie,
À toi nos cœurs, à toi nos bras,
À toi notre sang, ô Patrie !
Nous le jurons tous, tu vivras !
Tu vivras toujours grande et belle
Et ton invincible unité
Aura pour devise immortelle :
Le Roi, la Loi, la Liberté !
Aura pour devise immortelle :
Le Roi, la Loi, la Liberté !
Le Roi, la Loi, la Liberté !
Le Roi, la Loi, la Liberté !

courtesy of Quentin

and then the Korean national anthem,(I did not use the Kanji) Which is sung with hand on heart, like America's.

Aegukka
Donghae mulgwa Baekdusani mareugo daltorok
Haneunimi bo-uhasa uri nara manse

CHORUS:
Mugunghwa samcheolli hwaryeo gangsan
Daehan saram Daehan euro giri bojeonhase

Namsan wie jeosonamu cheolgapeul dureundeut
Baram seori bulbyeon naneun uri gisang ilse
CHORUS
Gaeul hanal gonghwal hande nopgogu reumeopsi
Byalgeun dalgeun uri gasim ilpyeon dansim ilse
CHORUS
Igi sangnwa imam euro chungseongeul dahayeo
Goero una jeulgeo una nara sarang hase
CHORUS

courtesy of Won.

After they shared their country's songs, we graced them with a family presentation of America's national anthem. It was so much fun!

3 comments:

Megan said...

This does sound like fun! I should start teaching Hayden the Pledge of Allegience. We could use a bit more patriotism.

Sermons of the Day said...

I wish you could put on a recording of all the songs.

Lula Mae said...

I did, all the links that are in color are to Youtube video recordings.