God Save the Queen

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".
National or royal anthem of	Antigua and Barbuda (royal); Australia (royal); Norfolk Island (national and royal); The Bahamas (royal); Barbados (royal); Belize (royal); Canada (royal); Grenada (royal); Jamaica (royal); New Zealand (national and royal); Cook Islands (royal); Niue (royal); Tokelau (national and royal); Papua New Guinea (royal); Saint Kitts and Nevis (royal); Saint Lucia (royal); Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (royal); Solomon Islands (royal); Tuvalu (royal); United Kingdom (national and royal); Crown dependencies; British Overseas Territories (national and royal);
Also known as	"God Save the King"; (when the monarch is male)
Music	unknown
Adopted	September 1745
Music sample
	"God Save the Queen"

"God Save the Queen" has been the national anthem of the Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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.

[1] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20140902162152/http://www.royal.gov.uk/MonarchUK/Symbols/NationalAnthem.aspx

[2] ttp://www.nationalanthems.info/im.htm

[3] ttps://www.royal.uk/national-anthem National Anthem. The Royal Family. royal.uk.

[4] ttp://www.historytoday.com/charles-dimont/god-save-queen-history-national-anthem

[5] God Save the King, William H. Cummings, Novello and Company Ltd, London 1902.

[6] ttps://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.

[7] ttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/imageserver/periodicals/P29pZD1QSVBJV0gxOTAwMDUwMSZnZXRwZGY9dHJ1ZQ== E Ihowa Tohungia Te Kuini. Te Pipiwharauroa.

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