His second verse championed gallant Cook sailing ... So, before Advance Australia Fair became our anthem in 1984, the National Australia Day Council made shrewd edits. Instead of using verse ...

Clague: This whole stanza was cut from the National Anthem because of its mocking of the British. When we became allies with them in WWII, the verse drops out of use in “The Star-Spangled Banner.” ...

Singing the national anthem at a sporting event is no easy task. There are thousands of eyeballs fixated on you, and ...