God Save the Queen
 Publication of an early version in The Gentleman's Magazine, October 1745. The title, on the contents page, is given as "God save our lord the king: A new song set for two voices". | |
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| Also known as | "God Save the King" (when the monarch is male) |
| Music | unknown |
| Adopted | September 1745 |
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"God Save the Queen" has been the national anthem of the United Kingdom since 1745. Its also the royal anthem of the Commonwealth realms, played alongside their official national anthems.[1][2] Its composer remains unknown to this date.
When the ruling monarch is a king instead of a queen, the title of the anthem then becomes "God Save the King".
The tune for "God Save the Queen" was used in many countries as a national anthem. Apart from the German state, many of which were linked to Great Britain by marriage, Liechtenstein and Switzerland used the tune. Switzerland changed to a different tune in the 1960s. Liechtenstein still uses the tune.
The tune is both American and British. In the 1930s the United States chose an official anthem. "The Star-Spangled Banner" was chosen instead of the equally popular "My Country 'tis of Thee" which used the "God Save the Queen" tune.
Lyrics[change | change source]
Standard version[change | change source]
- God save our gracious Queen,
- Long live our noble Queen,
- God save the Queen:
- Send her victorious,
- Happy and glorious,
- Long to reign over us:
- God save the Queen.
- O Lord, our God, arise,
- Scatter her enemies,
- And make them fall.
- Confound their politics,
- Frustrate their knavish tricks,
- On thee our hopes we fix:
- God save us all.
- Thy choicest gifts in store,
- On her be pleased to pour;
- Long may she reign:
- May she defend our laws,
- And ever give us cause
- To sing with heart and voice
- God save the Queen.[3]
Original lyrics: "God Save the King"[change | change source]
- God save great George our king
- God save our noble king,
- God save the king!
- Send him victorious
- Happy and glorious
- Long to reign over us
- God save the king![4]
Latin verse[change | change source]
- O Deus optime
- Salvum nunc facito
- Regem nostrum
- Sic laeta victoria
- Comes et gloria
- Salvum iam facito
- Tu dominum.[5]
French version used in Canada[change | change source]
- Dieu protège la Reine
- De sa main souveraine !
- Vive la Reine !
- Qu'un règne glorieux,
- Long et victorieux
- Rende son peuple heureux.
- Vive la Reine ![6]
Māori version used in New Zealand[change | change source]
- Me tohu e t'Atua
- To matou Kuini pai:
- Kia ora ia
- Meinga kia maia ia,
- Kia hari nui, kia koa,
- Kia kuini tonu ia,
- Tau tini noa.[7]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20140902162152/http://www.royal.gov.uk/MonarchUK/Symbols/NationalAnthem.aspx
- ↑ http://www.nationalanthems.info/im.htm
- ↑ https://www.royal.uk/national-anthem National Anthem. The Royal Family. royal.uk.
- ↑ http://www.historytoday.com/charles-dimont/god-save-queen-history-national-anthem
- ↑ God Save the King, William H. Cummings, Novello and Company Ltd, London 1902.
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20110615011748/http://www.pch.gc.ca/fra/1287080671090/1297281960931 Hymne royal " Dieu protège la Reine " at Government of Canada website (in French). Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
- ↑ https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/imageserver/periodicals/P29pZD1QSVBJV0gxOTAwMDUwMSZnZXRwZGY9dHJ1ZQ== E Ihowa Tohungia Te Kuini. Te Pipiwharauroa.
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