# Unofficial national anthems - add to the list. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 5, 2007, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-national-anthems-add-to-the-list/425298 "2007-11-05T15:52:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-national-anthems-add-to-the-list/425298/21 "2007-11-06T01:39:33Z")
[QUOTE=Mr. Moto] Australia - Waltzing Matilda [/QUOTE] Until people actually have to sing it and they realise that they have no idea what the words are. ---
**Author:** ![tonedef](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@tonedef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonedef)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-national-anthems-add-to-the-list/425298/22 "2007-11-06T01:39:40Z")
I’m not sure of the song, but I’m sure many Aussies see this as our national anthem; Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi. Aussie Oi, Aussie Oi, Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi. (Repeat entill the crowed get bored.) ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-national-anthems-add-to-the-list/425298/23 "2007-11-06T02:59:31Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] The theme song to “Hockey Night in Canada” doesn’t have any words either, but it’s the no-questions-asked answer to this thread for Canada. It even sounds like an anthem. I guess you could make up words for it but it’s more fun if you just yell out the sounds. “Bup-a-dumt-da-dumt, bup-a-dumt-da-dumt, bup-a-dumt-da-dumt-BUP! Dah dah dah dah dah DAHHHHHHHHHHHH! Dah dah dah dah dah DAH-DAHHHHHHHHHH! Dah dah dah dah dah DAAAAAAAAAAA da-dah-dah! DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA da-dah-dah, DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!” [/QUOTE] According to Will and Ian Ferguson, if the theme song to Hockey Night in Canada isn’t available, _Louie, Louie_ will do in a pinch! And while it actually specifically mentions places in the UK, I think a lot of Canadian university students feel some sort of national pride when listening to “Home for a Rest” as well! And anything, anything at all, by the Hip! ---
**Author:** ![bundykala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@bundykala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bundykala)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-national-anthems-add-to-the-list/425298/24 "2007-11-06T03:15:51Z")
NZ’s unofficial national anthem would be [Pokarekare Ana](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koi_f3fB2h8). And no, I don’t believe a single person in the country knows any words aside from the title and “E hine e…” which is sung full blast in the style of Mr Bean’s hymn singing. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-national-anthems-add-to-the-list/425298/25 "2007-11-06T03:39:26Z")
[QUOTE=mnemosyne] According to Will and Ian Ferguson, if the theme song to Hockey Night in Canada isn’t available, _Louie, Louie_ will do in a pinch! [/QUOTE] The logical second choice would be “Rock and Roll Part 2,” by Gary Glitter, which is so ubiquitous at hockey games it’s commonly referred to as “The Hockey Song.” > [@](#): > > And while it actually specifically mentions places in the UK, I think a lot of Canadian university students feel some sort of national pride when listening to “Home for a Rest” as well! And anything, anything at all, by the Hip! “Little Bones” would be an excellent anthem. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-national-anthems-add-to-the-list/425298/26 "2007-11-06T05:18:37Z")
Either “San Francisco (Flowers in Your Hair)” or “I Love L.A.,” depending on which side you ended up on in the California Civil War of 2026. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Rosewater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mr.Rosewater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Rosewater)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-national-anthems-add-to-the-list/425298/27 "2007-11-06T05:32:31Z")
I always thought this would be a good anthem for New Zealand. [Ka Mate haka!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4LNjNXt1yM) a [wikilink](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haka_of_the_All_Blacks) with history and words/translations for those intersted. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-national-anthems-add-to-the-list/425298/28 "2007-11-06T08:15:04Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] The logical second choice would be “Rock and Roll Part 2,” by Gary Glitter, which is so ubiquitous at hockey games it’s commonly referred to as “The Hockey Song.” “Little Bones” would be an excellent anthem. [/QUOTE] Gary Glitter? Surely you jest ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-national-anthems-add-to-the-list/425298/29 "2007-11-06T08:33:18Z")
[QUOTE=Cunctator] Until people actually have to sing it and they realise that they have no idea what the words are. [/QUOTE] But they presumably have no problems with it being about a sheep rustler who commits suicide upon being caught and goes on to haunt the body of water where he drowned. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-national-anthems-add-to-the-list/425298/30 "2007-11-06T11:22:50Z")
[QUOTE=MaxtheVool] Clearly, the English national anthem should be A Song of Patriotic Prejudice by Michael Flanders and Donald Swann. It begins with typical English understatement… “The English, The English, The English are best. I wouldn’t give tuppence for all of the rest.” [/QUOTE] Dammit, dammit, dammit. You beat me to it. “Everyone else has wonderful songs about their countries. What do we have? _Jerusalem_!” ---
**Author:** ![Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boulter_s_Canary)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-national-anthems-add-to-the-list/425298/31 "2007-11-06T14:11:14Z")
[QUOTE=Lissla Lissar] Dammit, dammit, dammit. You beat me to it. “Everyone else has wonderful songs about their countries. What do we have? _Jerusalem_!” [/QUOTE] How about… [Coranach?](http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Coronach-lyrics-Jethro-Tull/F4ED0E19F913C4BE48256A3300142EDA) (Jethro Tull and Shakespeare). [A Place Called England?](http://folk-this.tripod.com/aplacecalledengland.html) (Maggie Holland) [Between the Wars?](http://www.billybragg.co.uk/releases/singles/between_wars/between1.html) (Billy Bragg) To name but three. ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-national-anthems-add-to-the-list/425298/32 "2007-11-06T15:33:28Z")
[America](http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=1102581084&fr=yfp-t-501) [Japan](http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=1414430&fr=yfp-t-501) [Australia](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNT7uZf7lew) [Germany](http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=19822&fr=yfp-t-501) [England](http://video.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=1111270801&fr=yfp-t-501) ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-national-anthems-add-to-the-list/425298/33 "2007-11-06T16:00:37Z")
[QUOTE=RGVChicano] Mexico: El Rey Mexico Lindo Y Querido [/QUOTE] [Volver, Volver](http://www.brave.com/bo/lyrics/volver.htm) is also in the running. Although it might be bigger among the immigrant community–since it speaks of Return. To an old love–or to Mexico. (Although most of the audience is about as likely to return as my grandfather was to take his Kathleen Home Again.) Or maybe [Viva Mexico](http://www.inside-mexico.com/cajitademusica2.htm). I’ve heard several rousing singalongs of both tunes. And joined in. Hey, this is Texas! (And our Official State Song, “Texas Our Texas” reeks.) ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-national-anthems-add-to-the-list/425298/34 "2007-11-06T18:58:22Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Gary Glitter? Surely you jest [/QUOTE] Ever been to a hockey game? ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-national-anthems-add-to-the-list/425298/35 "2007-11-06T19:01:01Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] Ever been to a hockey game? [/QUOTE] Do they still play his stuff at games? Does he still get the royalty payments? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-national-anthems-add-to-the-list/425298/36 "2007-11-06T19:55:05Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] The logical second choice would be “Rock and Roll Part 2,” by Gary Glitter, which is so ubiquitous at hockey games it’s commonly referred to as “The Hockey Song.” [/QUOTE] Never heard it referred to as “The Hockey Song.” Are you sure you’re not getting it confused with “The Hockey Song” by Stompin’ Tom Connors? (“Oh the good ol’ hockey game/It’s the best game you can name…”) I have heard Gary Glitter’s song called “The Hey Song” though, and it is indeed played–sometimes _over_played–at hockey games. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-national-anthems-add-to-the-list/425298/37 "2007-11-06T20:17:47Z")
[QUOTE=Spoons] Never heard it referred to as “The Hockey Song.” Are you sure you’re not getting it confused with “The Hockey Song” by Stompin’ Tom Connors? (“Oh the good ol’ hockey game/It’s the best game you can name…”) [/QUOTE] It’s sort of hard to confuse those two songs, although Stompin’ Tom’s was my #3 choice. #4, also played heavily at hockey games, is “Song 2” by Blur. I actually prefer them all to “O Canada.” ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-national-anthems-add-to-the-list/425298/38 "2007-11-06T21:20:31Z")
[QUOTE=Derleth] But they presumably have no problems with it being about a sheep rustler who commits suicide upon being caught and goes on to haunt the body of water where he drowned. [/QUOTE] I’d be surprised if most people do know that that’s what it’s about. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unofficial-national-anthems-add-to-the-list/425298.md?page=1)