← It is called Beasts of England." Old Major cleared his throat and began to sing. 🔊
← Soon or late the day is coming, Tyrant Man shall be o'erthrown, And the fruitful fields of England Shall be trod by beasts alone. 🔊
← And then, after a few preliminary tries, the whole farm burst out into Beasts of England in tremendous unison. 🔊
← They were unfailing in their attendance at the secret meetings in the barn, and led the singing of Beasts of England, with which the meetings always ended. 🔊
← Then they sang Beasts of England from end to end seven times running, and after that they settled down for the night and slept as they had never slept before. 🔊
← The Meeting always ended with the singing of Beasts of England, and the afternoon was given up to recreation. 🔊
← Every day Snowball and Napoleon sent out flights of pigeons whose instructions were to mingle with the animals on neighbouring farms, tell them the story of the Rebellion, and teach them the tune of Beasts of England. 🔊
← Above all, the tune and even the words of Beasts of England were known everywhere. 🔊
← An impromptu celebration of the victory was held immediately. The flag was run up and Beasts of England was sung a number of times, then the sheep who had been killed was given a solemn funeral, a hawthorn bush being planted on her grave. 🔊
← These would meet in private and afterwards communicate their decisions to the others. The animals would still assemble on Sunday mornings to salute the flag, sing Beasts of England, and receive their orders for the week; but there would be no more debates. 🔊
← Napoleon read out the orders for the week in a gruff soldierly style, and after a single singing of Beasts of England, all the animals dispersed. 🔊
← Napoleon ended his speech with his usual cry of "Long live Animal Farm!" and after the singing of Beasts of England the animals were dismissed. 🔊
← At last, feeling this to be in some way a substitute for the words she was unable to find, she began to sing Beasts of England. 🔊
← He announced that, by a special decree of Comrade Napoleon, Beasts of England had been abolished. 🔊
← cried Muriel. "It's no longer needed, comrade," said Squealer stiffly. "Beasts of England was the song of the Rebellion. 🔊
← The enemy both external and internal has been defeated. In Beasts of England we expressed our longing for a better society in days to come. 🔊
← So Beasts of England was heard no more. In its place Minimus, the poet, had composed another song which began: Animal Farm, Animal Farm, Never through me shalt thou come to harm! 🔊
← and this was sung every Sunday morning after the hoisting of the flag. But somehow neither the words nor the tune ever seemed to the animals to come up to Beasts of England. 🔊
← It had been overlooked at the time when the house was first occupied. That night there came from the farmhouse the sound of loud singing, in which, to everyone's surprise, the strains of Beasts of England were mixed up. 🔊
← Even the tune of Beasts of England was perhaps hummed secretly here and there: at any rate, it was a fact that every animal on the farm knew it, though no one would have dared to sing it aloud. 🔊