# Non-American National Songs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 19, 2003, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-national-songs/182833 "2003-06-19T01:34:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-national-songs/182833/21 "2003-06-20T22:39:43Z")
A lot… some of them are sung only by some people, others by every Puerto Rican. The following: _Oubao Moin, Preciosa, Verde Luz, ¡Qué bonita bandera!, La Borinqueña (revolucionario), Himno de Lares, La Tierruca._ More modern ones, could be _Salimos de aquí_. Concerning mostly the capital city, you have _En mi viejo San Juan_. All of them are in Spanish… translations or webpages if requested. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-national-songs/182833/22 "2003-06-20T22:50:06Z")
Gah, and I forgot (more traditional): _Boricua en la luna, La Estrella Sola_… and relating to Vieques, _Isla Nena_ ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-national-songs/182833/23 "2003-06-23T00:57:32Z")
I don’t get “Rule Britannia”. _Britons never, never, never shall be slaves!_ Who ever tried to enslave them? ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-national-songs/182833/24 "2003-06-23T01:52:27Z")
The Romans? ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-national-songs/182833/25 "2003-06-23T01:53:52Z")
Oh. Well, that’s awfully long to hold a grudge! ---
**Author:** ![Ray\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ray\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ray_Walker)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-national-songs/182833/26 "2003-06-23T06:46:54Z")
They weren’t Britons back then. _ducks_ ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-national-songs/182833/27 "2003-06-23T09:52:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rilchiam \* > \*\*I don’t get “Rule Britannia”. > > _Britons never, never, never shall be slaves!_ > > Who ever tried to enslave them? \*\* 1. The Spanish 2. The Germans 3. The Dutch (although we did invite them) 4. The damned French. Repeatedly. (Although in fairness we spent most of our time trying to do the same to them) Its not really a cry against some past slavery. Its more a cry that no matter how hard anyone tries they will never succeed. Its kind of a nineteenth century way of saying: **"Come and 'ave a go if you think your 'ard enuff!"** ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-national-songs/182833/28 "2003-06-23T10:14:35Z")
Okay, color me informed! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-national-songs/182833/29 "2003-06-23T14:47:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by garius \* > \*\*Its kind of a nineteenth century way of saying: > > **"Come and 'ave a go if you think your 'ard enuff!"** \*\* **Eighteenth** -century. Thomas Arne’s _Alfred_, of which “Rule Britannia” is the closing number, had its London premiere in 1745. ---
**Author:** ![karomon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@karomon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karomon)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-national-songs/182833/30 "2003-06-23T15:10:52Z")
I’m not big on nationalistic songs, but I think “Czerwone maki” (“Red Poppies”) counts as one of these in Poland. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2003, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-national-songs/182833/31 "2003-06-23T16:52:53Z")
I hate _the Fields of Athenry_, so I wouldn’t want it as an anthem. My hatred comes from playing it WAY too much. If I was to pick an anthem for sporting occasions, I’d pick “On the One Road”. I think Flower of Scotland is an incredible song. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/non-american-national-songs/182833.md?page=1)