by Henry Carey (1687? - 1743)
God Save the King
Language: English
God save our Lord the King! Long live our gracious King! God save the King! Send him victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us, God save our King. O Lord, our God, arise, Scatter his 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 him be pleased to pour, Lomg may he reign! May he defend our laws, And ever give us cause, To sing, with heart and voice, God save the King!
Authorship:
- by Henry Carey (1687? - 1743) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "God Save the King", WoO 157 no. 1 (1816-7), from 12 songs of various nationalities, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2005-12-08
Line count: 21
Word count: 94