America by Samuel F. Smith.

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,
Oh, 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.

My country! 'tis of Thee,
Sweet Land of Liberty
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrims' pride,
From every mountain side
Let Freedom ring.

My native country, thee,
Land of the noble free,
Thy name I love;
I love thy rocks and rills,
Thy woods and templed hills,
My heart with rapture thrills
Like that above.

Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees
Sweet Freedom's song;
Let mortal tongues awake;
Let all that breathe partake;
Let rocks their silence break,
The sound prolong.

Our fathers' God to Thee,
Author of Liberty,
To thee we sing,
Long may our land be bright
With Freedom's holy light,
Protect us by thy might
Great God, our King.

Heimatland, gross und weit,
Freiheit und Gott geweiht,
Mein Herz dir singt!
Land von den Vatern Grab,
Ruhe den Pilgern gab,
von jeder Höh herab,
Freiheit erklingt

Heil dir, Amerika!
Wo ich erst Freiheit sah,
Schön ist dein Klang.
Es schalle durch die Luft
Von Berg und Felsenkluft,
Von Wald und Wiesenduft
Der Freiheitssang.

Hoch steigt im Jubelchor
Froher Gesang empor
Zum Heiligtum.
Bänner der Sterne fliegt
Wo sich ein Wipfel biegt,
Wo wahre Freiheit siegt,
Dir Gott zum Ruhm.

Gott, unsrer Väter Hort,
Gott, unsrer Freiheit *ort,
Dir singen wir!
Schütz unsern Staatenbund;
Aus heil'ger Freiheit Grund,
Mach deine Herrschaft kund
Zum Lobe dir!


FURTHER RESOURCES

  • Das Lied der Deutschen: German national hymn.
  • Taken from an ad with English and German text. Midi audio file.
  • God save the King / Queen. Text with audio.

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