"LORD grant that Marshal Wade may by thy mighty aid, victory bring."

I will guarantee that there will be few people out there who will recognise these words, yet they are contained in one of the most famous songs of all time.

Stumped? Well, these comprise the first three lines of the rarely-heard sixth verse of our national anthem, God Save The Queen.

Admittedly, the third, fourth, and fifth don't get much of an airing these days, with their strange talk of "knavish tricks", "latent foes" and the Queen's extended arms, but that isn't actually the point I'm making here.

For last Friday - the day when some English people proudly celebrate the dragon-slaying antics of our patron saint - I discovered that we don't actually have a national anthem.

Now I'm probably going to get myself into trouble with people far cleverer than myself here, but after hearing various stirring versions of Jerusalem and Land of Hope and Glory on Friday, it transpires that England does not have a national anthem of its own.

Granted, we sing God Save The Queen at many events - many of us even remember rushing out of the cinema before they played it after the main feature - but the song is actually the United Kingdom and Commonwealth Royal Anthem.

It's the royal anthem of Canada, it was formerly used as a national anthem by the likes of Australia and Jamaica and continues to be recognised as the national anthem of New Zealand.

In fact, it was the first song to be used as a national anthem and its tune was officially adopted by Denmark, Germany, Russia, Sweden and Switzerland before they found something which sounded less like a dirge.

When England played Liechtenstein at football, our fans were completely baffled to hear our tune played twice. Few of them would have noticed that the second version was in German and doubtless celebrating Liechtenstein's renowned dental products and precision instruments industries.

So if our song isn't strictly OUR song, isn't it time to adopt either Jerusalem or Land of Hope and Glory as the song which truly reflects the patriotic spirit of our nation?

Not only are they both great tunes which stir both blood and heart, but I actually believe that the Queen is probably fed up with hearing GSTQ sung and played every day of her working life.

And after seeing Brian May standing on her roof playing it on an electric guitar, she probably figures that the rest of us can do with a break too.

But before we do ever consider changing, can we please ensure we all learn the words to both of them?

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