Lyrics
Standard version in the United Kingdom
1
- 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.
2[1]
- O Lord, our God, arise,
- Scatter thine enemies[2],
- And make them fall
- Confound their politics,
- Frustrate their knavish tricks,
- On thee our hopes we fix:
- God save us all.
3
- 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]
First verse in French, as sung in Canada
- Dieu protège la reine
- De sa main souveraine !
- Vive la reine !
- Qu'un règne glorieux,
- Loin et victorieux
- Rende son peuple heureux.
- Vive la reine !
Additional verse sung in Canada
Footnotes
- ^ The second verse has been commonly omitted since the 1890s
- ^ Alternatively: "Scatter her enemies".
- ^ When there is a King the two lines in italics become "With heart and voice to sing / God save the King". The female pronouns are also replaced with male pronouns.
- ^ Alternatively: "And let our country be".
- ^ This last line is alternatively "Forever more."
This work was published before January 1, 1927, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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