Why don’t they change the British National anthem?

I really like The Star Spangled Banner, but not much good for us (or for the Americans now with all that "Land of the Free" stuff)

Getting someone to write a new anthem can be dodgy. The Italian anthem was written by a student and has many very turgid verses which are fortunately rarely sung.

Cornwall of course has Trelawney!

Yes, you are but not everyone loves football ? ?

You can reclaim the three lions, after all we've got a dragon!

Something can be done with the current tune. How about:-

Praise our Prime Minister,
Dexter or sinister,
May he/she succeed.
Only some time will tell,
If he/she governs well,
In times of need.
If he/she turns out a flop,
Then he/she will get the chop,
Just like a weed.

I like Land of Hope and Glory.

The Flowers of Scotland was originally a folk song composed by two wonderful folk singers The Corries. Sadly one of them died some years ago. They both had lovely distinctive voices. You can probably find them on YouTube.

Very clever grumppa

nanna8

I think Jerusalem is a great tune but the words are very suss. No the feet didn’t walk upon England ‘ mountains green.’Anyway, most mountains are in Wales or Scotland not England. Sorry William Blake.

It’s poetry! It doesn’t have to be factually correct.

How about getting a young rap DJ to create a mash up of all of the suggested music? We would then have to learn all the new words.

I’d like the tune of Land of Hope and Glory, with different words. But finding new words that wouldn’t make half the population cringe would probably be a tall order.

I would like it changed if only to stop people (also professional singers) finishing with overus.

Overus ? What are they ?

Nothing wrong with Boaty McBoatface although the public would probably vote for "Sweet Caroline". But we do need something more uplifting with no mention of the Commonwealth, the royals or religion.

A misspelling of ovaries?

Why have another old song, why not write something completely new?

Have you heard the arrangement by Benjamin Britten it is sublime in its beauty?

The English have an anthem - it was recently heard at the Commonwealth Games (there’s a funny tradition!) Jerusalem was played when England won a gold medal

There are some good words in all of them so perhaps take the best bits in an amalgamation, with any references to religion to recognise there are many and also none in this wonderful diverse country we all live in.
Get the songwriting "Sirs" on the job together - Paul McCartney, Elton and Andrew Lloyd Webber to create an Anthem for the UK of today and hopefully tomorrow too.

You only have to listen to some anthems from other countries to hear how uplifting and inspiring they can be but ours is a miserable dirge. I agree with others that we should celebrate and be proud of the country and not a member of the royal family.

The Scottish one is so depressing I feel like slitting my wrists when I hear it. I am an atheist but Land of Hope and Glory doesn’t bother me I actually quite like it

Land of Hope and Glory is a Tory Anthem. No thanks. The God Save the Queen one is bad enough and wouldn’t sing it if paid.

We will keep our own thanks - ‘Flower of Scotland’ and others can have their own choice.

Perhaps Charles will change it, when... you know...

The words of Land of Hope and Glory are somewhat imperialist- .......wider still and wider, shall our bounds be set ...reminds me of Putin and the Ukraine- I much prefer the National Anthem. To have a monarch, however powerless in reality, denies the absolute power to anyone else - so valuable when absolute power creates the Putins, Hitlers, Stalins, Mao Tsetungs, Mugabes, Xi’s of this world.

Janeea

The Scottish one is so depressing I feel like slitting my wrists when I hear it. I am an atheist but Land of Hope and Glory doesn’t bother me I actually quite like it

We can still rise now and be a nation again.

How dispiriting.

Get someone like Andrew Lloyd Webber to write a new anthem would work.

Yes I would like a new anthem. Not that I ever plan on singing the one we have ever again.

Alternatively we could use the rugby union anthem for England which is "Swing low, sweet charity" ?

I'm not American has someone suggested that we who want to change theme N.A are.

I am a republican and would like the monarchy scrapped when the Queen passes