Kids of my generation (and before) might remember this one from singing around the campfire at summer camp or as Scouts, but I don’t know how many would recognize it today:
Actually, Jerusalem’s the one that mentions England specifically (though it could be generalised with just a minor adjustment of the words). Land of Hope and Glory is just generally imperial.
I like Jerusalem - I’m not religious, and, despite mentioning the word ENG-ER-LAND, it actually isn’t very nationalistic. More a desire to create a better society.
Sticking with a Welsh theme (my wife is Welsh so have been subjected to many of these, and the Welsh do love a sing song), there’s Sosban Fach, which they like to sing VERY loudly at parties while banging the tables to the beat of the chorus…
And my personal favourite, International Velvet, by Catatonia, which has the immortal chorus ‘everyday, when I wake up, I thank the Lord I’m Welsh’
Oh, forgot one. Tom Jones, green Green Grass of Home.
I wonder how many people realize this anthem’s melody is actually the bridge in the middle of “Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity” in Holst’s The Planets: