Did You Know?.....The Star Spangled Banner.......

[ToraToraTora]

The US national anthem is based on a British drinking song by Ralph Tomlinson Circa 1775

The words used of course are those written by Francis Scott Key 1814 inspired by seeing the US flag still flying after the British Bombardment of Fort McHenry near Baltimore.

[Stickybottle]

Must admit the lyrics to it are very stirring

As much as I am a royalist I do wish we had something like Jerusalem as ours

I am an atheist but the notion behind it is also very evocative
Plus it is more questioning than statement of fact if you get what I mean ?

[Ken4155]

Let's face it, Sticky. Tubthumping is more inspirational than our dirge of a National Anthem.

[Stickybottle]

True Ken

We need something similar to the US or Australia that focuses on the country and the people
Not simply the monarch

The king or queen can be mentioned of course in any new anthem but I would move the focus away from them alone

[Peter Pedant]

// We need something similar to the US or Australia that focuses on the country and the people
Not simply the monarch//

as Rabbie Burrrrns might say: och lick ma bottle!

[pastafreak]

//...voice, fiddle and flute no longer be mute...//

I love it! Knew the tune already existed when the words were written, but I didn't know it was a drinking song.

[Stickybottle]

Stickybottle
Must admit the lyrics to it are very stirring

To clarify
My reference was to the lyrics of Star Spangled Banner
Not the assault on the ears in the OP !

[pastafreak]

According to wiki...

// The Anacreontic Song", also known by its incipit "To Anacreon in Heaven", was the official song of the Anacreontic Society, an 18th-century gentlemen's club of amateur musicians in London. Composed by John Stafford Smith, the tune was later used by several writers as a setting for their patriotic lyrics. These included two songs by Francis Scott Key, most famously his poem "Defence of Fort McHenry". The combination of Key's poem and Smith's composition became known as "The Star-Spangled Banner", which was adopted as the national anthem of the United States of America in 1931.

"The Anacreontic Song"

First page of the A. Blands edition (c. 1784–1790)

Song by The Anacreontic SocietyPublished1778 (words only)
c. 1780 (music)Composer(s)John Stafford SmithLyricist(s)Ralph Tomlinson //

So it originated in an 18th c British gentlemen's club.