"The Maple Leaf Forever" is an older but unofficial national anthem dating from 1867. It was in consideration for official national anthem, ultimately losing out to "O Canada" which gained a wider popularity by 1980. Alexander Muir wrote the song in 1867, the year of Canada's Confederation.
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The chorus of "Amhrán na bhFiann" or in English, "A Soldier's Song", (pron: ow-rawn nuh bee-yunn) is the national anthem of the Republic of Ireland. The lyrics were written by Peadar Kearney and, t...
"Abide with Me" is a Christian hymn by Scottish Anglican Henry Francis Lyte, most often sung to William Henry Monk's tune "Eventide." The hymn is sung at the annual ANZAC Day services in Australia ...
♦ While England does not have an official national anthem, there are many songs which are considered to fill such a role. In most of the national sporting fixtures 'God Save The Queen' is used.
"Men of Harlech" or "The March of the Men of Harlech" (in Welsh: Rhyfelgyrch Gwŷr Harlech) is a song and military march which is traditionally said to describe events during the seven year long sie...
August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben wrote the 'Song of the Germans' on 26 August 1841 during a stay on the island of Helgoland, which still belonged to Britain at...
♦ The Kingdom of France was a state that existed in western Europe for nearly a thousand years and which was a major international power from the 16th century until the advent of the French Republi...
♦ "Dixie", also known as "I Wish I Was in Dixie", "Dixie's Land", and other titles, is a popular American song. It is one of the most distinctively American musical products of the 19th century, an...
"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (sometimes "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again") is a popular song of the American Civil War that expressed people's longing for the return of their friends and...
Moved deeply by the desire to create a national hymn that would allow the American people to offer praise to God for their wonderful land, a twenty-four-year-old theological student, Samuel Francis...
"The Thunderer" is one of John Philip Sousa's marches. It was written in 1889. The origin of the name is not officially known, though it is speculated that it gets its name from the "pyrotechnic ef...
The Argentine National Anthem (Spanish: Himno Nacional Argentino) is the national anthem of Argentina. The name of the song originally was Marcha Patriótica (Patriotic March), and was later renamed...
Thomas Bracken wrote his poem in the early 1870s, and offered a prize of 10 guineas for the best musical setting. This was won by Otago schoolteacher John Joseph Woods. In 1940, on the recommendati...
God Defend New Zealand was first performed in Dunedin's Queen's Theatre on Christmas Day, 1876. Played by the Royal Artillery Band and sung by the Lydia Howard Burlesque and Opera Burle Troupe, th...
"God Defend New Zealand" has five verses, each in English and Māori. The Māori version is not a direct translation of the English version. The Māori language version was produced in 1878 by Thomas ...
"See, the Conqu’ring Hero Comes!" gained familiarity as the tune invariably played by brass bands at the opening of new railway lines and stations in Britain during the 19th century, and it was ad...
England does not have an official designated national anthem, as the United Kingdom as a whole has God Save the Queen. However, "I Vow to Thee, My Country" has always been a strong contender, altho...
The song's lyrics are taken from a poem by Blake of the early 19th century called 'And did those feet in ancient time' (the music was added later by Sir Charles Hubert Parry - in the early 20th cen...
"Advance Australia Fair" was composed in the late 19th century by Peter Dodds McCormick under the pen-name "Amicus" (which means "friend" in Latin). It was first performed by Andrew Fairfax at a Hi...