I many national anthems are tremendous stuff. We shouldn't be too po-faced about this kind of thing. People don't fight wars because of national anthems - if all the national anthems were junked we wouldn't gain a thing, and we'd lose a lot of enjoyment.

During the Football World Cup (real football that is) the ant hens were the best part of some games. The Italians versus the Romanians was the best combination I reckon. Especially the Romanian, which I think was worth a goal up.Check them, and others at this site which gives the national anthems of pretty well all the countries in the planet, with midis, words in English and whatever language they speak in the countries concerned, and national flags.