Hymn
God Save the King
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.
O Lord our God, arise,
Scatter his enemies,
And make them fall:
Confound their politics;
Frustrate their knavish tricks;
On him our hopes we fix;
God save us all.
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.
God Save the King — Text from Hymnal for Church and Home (2nd ed.), 1928. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/god-save-the-king
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Questions about this hymn
Is God Save the King public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Hymnal for Church and Home (2nd ed.), published in 1928. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of God Save the King?
God Save the King is in 6.6.4.6.6.6.4. Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, My Country, 'Tis of Thee, Christ for the World and God Bless Our Native Land.