National anthems

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A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that is evoking and eulogizing the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a nation's government as the official national song, or by convention through use by the people.

[edit] Lyrics

• In joyful strains then let us sing,
  "Advance Australia fair!"
  • Advance Australia Fair (Australia, lyric by Peter Dodds McCormick)

• O Canada! Our home and native land!
  • O Canada (Canada, English lyric by Robert Stanley Weir)

• To arms, citizens!
  Form your battalions!
  • Original French:
    Aux armes, citoyens !
    Formez vos bataillons !
  • La Marseillaise (France, lyric by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle)

• Make her praises heard afar,
  God defend New Zealand.
  • God Defend New Zealand (New Zealand, lyric by Thomas Bracken)

• Let our voices soar as one
  Onward Singapore
  Onward Singapore
  • Original Malay:
    Semua kita berseru
    Majulah Singapura
    Majulah Singapura
  • Majulah Singapura (Singapore, lyric by Encik Zubir Said) (This is from the official English translation.[1])

• San Min Chu-i,
  Our aim shall be: [......]
  • Original traditional Chinese:
    三民主義，
    吾黨所宗，[......]
  • National Anthem of the Republic of China (Republic of China, lyric by Sun Yat-sen, now official in the Republic of China (Taiwan))

• Long to reign over us:
  God save the Queen.
  • God Save the Queen (United Kingdom, unknown authorship)

• O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
  O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
  • The Star-Spangled Banner (United States, lyric by Francis Scott Key)