Americans, be thankful you have The Battle Hymn of the Republic, and America the Beautiful. Those two (especially the former) are amazing pieces of music.
As for my native Australia, well of course I know Advance Australia Fair (including the lesser known imperialist British verses), and the mighty Waltzing Matilda, but I’ll post here the lyrics to the more whimsical Home Among the Gum Trees:
1 I’ve been around the world
A couple of times, or maybe more,
I’ve seen the sights, I’ve had delights
On ev’ry foreign shore,
But when my friends all ask me
The place that I adore,
I tell them right away.
CHORUS
Give me a home among the gum trees,
With lots of plum trees,
A sheep or two, a kangaroo.
A clothesline out the back,
Verandah out the front
And an old rocking chair.
2 You can see me in the kitchen
Cooking up a roast,
Or vegemite on toast,
Just you and me, a cup of tea.
Later on, we’ll settle down,
And mull up on the porch
And watch the possums play.
CHORUS
3. There’s a Safeway on the corner
And a Woolworths down the street,
And a New World’s just been opened
Where they regulate the heat,
But I’d trade them all tomorrow
For the simple bush retreat
Where the kookaburras call.
CHORUS
4 Some people like their houses
With fences all around,
Others live in mansions,
And some beneath the ground,
But me, I like the bush, you know,
With rabbits running round
And a pumpkin vine out the back.
CHORUS.
CODA
And an old rocking chair.