The poem was set to a tune called “The Anacreontic ... Clague: This whole stanza was cut from the National Anthem because of its mocking of the British. When we became allies with them in ...
The music was written by British composer and early musicologist John ... ‘Tis of Thee’ – whose tune is the same as the UK national anthem, ‘God Save the Queen’. Following the war of 1812 and other US ...
Hearn has expressed his full support for featuring the Saudi national anthem in British venues due to significant financial ...