Historic Sheet Music Collection
Title
Document Type
Score
Links to Recordings at the Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/78_god-save-the-king_alan-turner_gbia0016250b
Publication Date
1835
Lyrics
God save great George our King,
Long live our noble King!
God save the King.
Send him victorious,
Happy and glorious,
Long to reign over us;
God save the King.
O Lord,
our God arise,
Scatter his enemies,
And make them fall!
Oh! Lord our God arise!
Scatter his enemies,
And make them fall.
Confound their politicks,
Frustrate their knavish trick,
On thee our hopes we fix
God save the King!
Thy choicest gifts in store,
On George be pleas'd to pour;
Long may he reign:
may he defend our laws,
And ever give us cause
To sing with heart and voice
God save the King!
From ev'ry latent foe
From the assassins blow
God save the King!
O'er him thine arm extend;
For Britains sake defend
Our father prince and friend:
God save the King!
Recommended Citation
God Save the King, "God Save the King" (1835). Historic Sheet Music Collection. 69.
https://digitalcommons.conncoll.edu/sheetmusic/69
The views expressed in this paper are solely those of the author.
Comments
Fiot, Meignen & Co.: 264 Market St: Philadelphia
Verse 4: "An impromptu by R.B. Sheridan on the night (May 15th 1800) that Hadfield (a maniac) attempted to assassinate George the third, at Drury lane Theatre by firing a pistol at him as he entered his Box_ When the confusion caused by the event subsided, "God save the King" was unanimously called for, which was sung with this addition written by Sheridan on the spur of the moment."
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