Jerusalem is a great song, infinitely better than the dirge, but it's an English anthem, not a British one.
Yeah, replacing it with Britain wouldn't really work. Scottish mountains aren't all that green and "green and pleasant" and Scotland doesn't really fit...
And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon
Britain’s mountains green?
And was the holy Lamb of God
On
Britain’s pleasant pastures seen?
And did the countenance divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among those dark satanic mills?
Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!
Bring me my spear: o clouds unfold!
Bring me my chariots of fire!
I will not cease from mental fight;
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand
Till we have built Jerusalem
In
Britain’s green and pleasant land.
While God save the Queen is of course Christian. Jerusalem is so more unequivocally (not just a non-specified "God", but Christ as the Lamb of God and building Jerusalem). Many would probably want a new national anthem to be non-religious.
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