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Anglo-American Anthem

Henry Carey

“Anglo-American Anthem” as printed in The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book (1918).

Henry Carey: Collected Lyrics Text 1 1918 · historical text
Public domainSoldier songHistorical song
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This text comes from The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book, a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

God save our gracious King,

Long live our noble King,

God save the King.

Send him victorious,

Happy and glorious,

Long to reign over us,

God save our King.

Verse 2

My country 'tis of thee

Sweet land of liberty,

Of thee I sing.

Land where my fathers died,

Land of the Pilgrims' pride,

From ev'ry mountain side

Let freedom ring.

Verse 3

Two Empires by the sea,

Two peoples great and free,

One anthem raise.

One race of ancient fame,

One tongue, one faith we claim,

One God whose glorious Name

We love and praise.

Credits

Written by Henry Carey

Words by Henry Carey (died 1743). Historical text published in The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book (1918); public domain. No claim to a modern recording or arrangement.

Source & text edition

The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book (1918), “Anglo-American Anthem”

The 1918 published edition is in the public domain in the United States (pre-1931 publication). Entries whose credited author died more than 70 years ago are also in the public domain in life-plus-70 jurisdictions; other entries are held. The credited author died in 1743.

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