Second Verse Curse: Difference between revisions

* The Swedish national anthem is an odd case. It's a semi-straight example in that it has four verses, of which only the first two are ever sung. However, when sung at sporting events and the like, it's often cut down to one verse. But since the only line everyone knows is the last line of the ''second'' verse ("I want to live, I want to die in the North") it's then often [[Pragmatic Adaptation|inserted into the first verse instead]].

** Further played around with in that there is a very good explanation for why only the first two verses are ever sung: the third and fourth verses were written by another person ''over sixty years after the first two'', after the song had already made significant progress in becoming a de-facto national anthem. Not only are they unknown to most Swedes, but even amongst those that ''do'' know about them, they often aren't recognised as actual third and fourth verses for ''Thou ancient, Thou free'' (since, well, they are basically a [[Fanfic]] continuation).

 

== Folk songs and Christmas carols ==