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At international rugby league matches, England often sang "Land of Hope and Glory" as their national anthem (but since the 2005 internationals switched to "God Save the Queen"). The song was also used once as the victory anthem of England at the Commonwealth Games until "Jerusalem" was adopted in 2010. [citation needed]
Song Year adopted Lyricist(s) Composer(s) Audio Anguilla "God Bless Anguilla" 1981 Unknown Bermuda "Hail to Bermuda" 1984 Bette Johns Cayman Islands "Beloved Isle Cayman" 1993 Leila Ross-Shier Falkland Islands "Song of the Falklands" 1930 Christopher Lanham Gibraltar "Gibraltar Anthem" 1994 Peter Emberley Montserrat "Motherland" 1995
The hymn was revived in 1929 with completely new lyrics, known as "Sei gesegnet ohne Ende", which remained the national anthem of Austria until the Anschluss. The first stanza of the hymn's 1854 version was sung in 1989 during the funeral of Empress Zita of Austria [ 14 ] and again in 2011 during the funeral of her son Otto von Habsburg.
A plebiscite held in 1977 preferred "Advance Australia Fair" as the exclusive "national song", to exist alongside the national anthem of "God Save the Queen". The subsequent Labor Hawke government later advised the proclamation of "Advance Australia Fair" as the national anthem in 1984, with "God Save the Queen" redesignated as the royal anthem.
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The national anthem performance is scheduled to take place shortly after 5 p.m. EDT and will be included as part of NBC's live coverage. How to watch Kentucky Derby.