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God Save the King

Henry Carey

“God Save the King” as printed in The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book (1918).

Henry Carey: Collected Lyrics Text 2 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 the King!

Verse 2

Thy choicest gifts in store,

On him be pleased 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!

Credits

Written by Henry Carey

Words by Henry Carey. 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), “God Save the King”

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.

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