Anonymous British

God Save the Queen

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 and 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. Nor on this land alone, But be God's mercies known From shore to shore. Lord, make the nation see That men should brothers be, And form one family The wide world o'er. Additional Verse added in 1946 - meant to replace the third stanza. The verse was written by Rev. W. E. Hickson (1803-1870).