You've got to admit it; despite the best efforts of the cleverest arrangers in the land, our National Anthem has a pretty dull and uninspiring tune. By all means let's keep the lyrics (though those tedious 2nd, 3rd, 4th (and yes) 5th versus, which most people have to pretend to sing, should be dropped) and set it to something less coma-inducing. For a good rousing martial tune the
Chinese have got the right idea.