Well, to suggest that most folks (especially "folkies") are not overly enamoured with anthems as a musical genre is probably as close to a core cultural truth as we can get. The problem, however, is how to replace them, and with what?

Thus far in this thread, the brilliant collective consciousness of 'catters has produced these recommendations: (1)This Land Is Your Land, (2) Peace We Ask Of Thee Oh River, (3)I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing, (4)Waltzing Matilda, (5) Battle Hymn of the Republic, (6) Chester, (7)Bring Me My Chariot of Fire, (8)Jerusalem in England's Green and Pleasant Land, (9) Great Green Gobs of Geasy Grimy Gopher Guts, (10)Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, and (11) God Bless The USA.

I am aghast that we haven't yet recommended that great universalist song that most of us (well, a whole lot of us anyway)love to hate the most. So, I hereby humbly suggest, for the greater good of all mankind, the absolutely inimicable (thankfully) "It's A Small World After All". *BG*