On official occasions, only the first verse is usually sung. The words of the National Anthem are as follows: "God save our gracious King! Long live our noble King! God save the King! Send him ...

Clague: This whole stanza was cut from the National Anthem because of its mocking of the British. When we became allies with them in WWII, the verse drops out of use in “The Star-Spangled Banner.” ...

His third and fourth verses weren’t any more appropriate. So, before Advance Australia Fair became our anthem in 1984, the ...

In the lead-up to the Indianapolis 500, Natalie Grant, a nine-time Grammy nominee, was announced as the singer of the ...

We only sing the first verse anyway, and the same sort of legislative act that made the song the national anthem could shorten it from four verses to three. No muss, no fuss, and one thing we all ...

With Memorial Day this week, I felt it appropriate to write something patriotic in honor of those who gave their last full measure of devotion to our nation.

In short, the national anthem is so hard to sing because of its ... He immediately began penning the first verse to the “Star-Spangled Banner.” Key set his lyrics to the then popular tune ...

Taking an hour to sing Greece has the world's longest National Anthem at 158 verses long. National Anthems represent a country's history, traditions, and identity - and it seems that Greece in ...

according to which “the national anthem is performed, song and music, according to the related ceremonial". The ambiguous formulation allowed Algerian authorities to phase out the verses without ...