Here's a link to lyrics for most of the songs - http://www.amandashome.com/patriotlyrics2.html

The star-spangled banner

I like The Battle Hymn of the Republic.

Very rousing.

God Save the Queen or Rule Britannia!

I'm preparing for my future home...

Actually, I think most are corny, but that's ok, corn is good sometimes and I'd say America the Beautiful. I like the imagery of spacious skies, amber waves of grain, and purple mountain majesties...from sea to shining sea.

This one gives me chills...

Toby Keith › Courtesy of The Red, White & Blue

American girls and american guys
We¡¯ll always stand up and salute
We¡¯ll always recognize
When we see old glory flying
There¡¯s a lot of men dead
So we can sleep in peace at night
When we lay down our head

My daddy served in the army
Where he lost his right eye
But he flew a flag out in our yard
Until the day that he died
He wanted my mother, my brother, my sister and me
To grow up and live happy
In the land of the free.

Now this nation that I love
Has fallen under attack
A mighty sucker punch came flyin¡¯ in
From somewhere in the back
Soon as we could see clearly
Through our big black eye
Man, we lit up your world
Like the 4th of july

Hey uncle sam
Put your name at the top of his list
And the statue of liberty
Started shakin¡¯ her fist
And the eagle will fly
Man, it¡¯s gonna be hell
When you hear mother freedom
Start ringin¡¯ her bell
And it feels like the whole wide world is raining down on you
Brought to you courtesy of the red white and blue

Justice will be served
And the battle will rage
This big dog will fight
When you rattle his cage
And you¡¯ll be sorry that you messed with
The u.s. of a.
’cause we’ll put a boot in your ###
It’s the american way

Hey uncle sam
Put your name at the top of his list
And the statue of liberty
Started shakin¡¯ her fist
And the eagle will fly
Man, it¡¯s gonna be hell
When you hear mother freedom
Start ringin¡¯ her bell
And it feels like the whole wide world is raining down on you
Brought to you courtesy of the red white and blue

America The Beautiful always brings tears to my eyes.

The star spangled banner -- i love the fact it is sung to the tune of an old english drinking song and no one can sing it.

I would also nominate This Land Is Your Land by Woody Guthrie -- I know it's generally meant to ironic amd kind of the antithesis of these songs, but I like it.


God Save the Queen is such as ###### national anthem, it sounds like a dirge.

good ol' national anthem for me

errr...I was joking...

or maybe one has to be ripped to sing it.


Nice song, adaptable to any country. If you ask me the lyrics, I'll just post the Canuck ones.

america the beautiful....sung by ray charles...

I know! It must be so disheartening to most English people especially when France's is so much better -- can you imagine Victor Lazlo trying to drown out the Germans singing at Ricks Cafe with God Save the King?

Our national anthem should be changed to Land Of Hope and Glory....it is much more inspiring than God Save the Queen....

R said to vote for The Marine Hymn (Halls of Montezuma)

I have never understood why they made the US national anthem the Star Spangled Banner (strangled banner...) when America the Beautiful is so much nicer and more singable... of course I don't know when it was written so maybe it wasn't around then?

America the Beautiful is also one of my favs. Also Battle Hymn of the Republic is cool, but it's definitely more of a faith based song. This line is cool: As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,.
I do still think the star spangled banner is a good song to have as our anthem though.

Okay, so its not a stereotypical patriotic song, but it sums up my love of this country:

John Denver: Take me home Country Roads...

Almost heaven, west virginia
Blue ridge mountains, shenandoah river
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, blowing like a breeze

Country roads, take me home
To the place, I be-long
West virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads

All my mem’ries, gather ’round her
Miner’s lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye

Country roads, take me home
To the place, I be-long
West virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads

I hear her voice, in the mornin’ hours she calls to me
The radio reminds me of my home far a-way
And drivin’ down the road I get a feeling’
That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday

Country roads, take me home
To the place, I be-long
West virginia, mountain momma
Take me home, country roads

When I think of song titles, there is always one in particular that comes to mind. It’s the old country classic, “How Can I Get Over You Till You Get Out from Under Him”

However, my favorite patriotic song is, “America the Beautiful"[b]

I HATE that I'm Proud to be an American song, hate it, hate it, hate it!!! Its so corny and irritating!! Roshon sings it (and he's singing it to me know over the phone because I just read out the poll !!) all the time to bug me and it works, he did used to play it while I was there to!! I wouldn't mind but he doesn't even really like it!!!

I like the star spangled banner out of all of them.

As for God Save the Queen - err what about the rest of us mere commoners!!

well since we are naming other song titles
how about Barry McGuire's Eve of Destruction


course that song coming to mind could just be my state of mind

Char

Can I vote for John Mellencamp's "R O C K in the USA" ??

Cari

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once again...didn't I say I was joking...

I think they should change it the sex pistols version

Me too. Especially the Ray Charles version.

America the Beautiful or God Bless America

As a U.S. Navy veteren... everytime I hear God Bless the USA I get tears in my eyes. It's a great song, especially for our servicemen and women.

star spangled banner

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I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who chose "none of them."

I like them all,but I definitley go for "GOD BLESS AMERICA". It makes me cry every single time I hear it.

Nat

"Stars and Stripes Forever" -- it's a cool tune though I also like "God Bless America" and the Star-Spangled Banner.

I really dislike that "Proud to be an American" song though.

I love this song, but my favorite is still "Yankee Doodle!"

This land is you land by the great Woody Guthrie

patriotic but with a social conscious