[78-L] UK National Anthem^

[Kristjan Saag]

The United Kingdom doesn't have an offical national anthem, but the song 
most often used for national ceremonies is "God Save The Queen/ King" 
which does have three verses, that is: stanzas.

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!/

Kristjan



On 2012-07-15 13:17, Julian Vein wrote:
>
>      "Immigrants wanting to live in the UK will have to learn the first
>      verse of the National Anthem as part of new citizenship tests."
>
>
> Is this correct? I thought the UK national anthem consisted of a
> succession of choruses. As far as I'm aware a song only has one verse.
> And is there a verse?
>
>        Julian Vein
>
> _______________________________________________
> 78-L mailing list
> 78-L at klickitat.78online.com
> http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l
>