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 our 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!
***
Not in this land alone,
But be God’s mercies known,
From shore to shore!
Lord make the nations see,
That men should brothers be,
And form one family,
The wide world over.
***
From every latent foe,
From the assassins blow,
God save the Queen!
O’er her thine arm extend,
For Britain’s sake defend,
Our mother, prince, and friend,
God save the Queen!
***
Lord grant that Marshal Wade
May by thy mighty aid
Victory bring.
May he sedition hush,
And like a torrent rush,
Rebellious Scots to crush.
God save the King!
Taken from http://ingeb.org/songs/godsaveo.html.
Although verse 6 may seem excessive, and not a great way of keeping Scotland united, it is thought that these words were first sung when Bonnie Prince Charlie set foot on Scottish soil, and was a “prayer” to save him from the Scottish Uprising, and keep him safe so he could become the rightful King.
Verse 4 has been put in bold, as I think no matter where we come from, we could learn a lot from this verse. Right now the last part of this verse is my personal prayer: I pray that through all the unrest that we see throughout the world, one day, we can live like brothers – accepting of each other’s differences and embracing one common goal of living in harmony.
Lord make the nations see, That men should brothers be, And form one family, The wide world over.
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