God save the queen -- 1745

Speranza 1745 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. First sung when Thomas Arne wrote a setting of the tune for the Drury Lane Theatre in London in 1745.