GREAT BRITAIN are heading to the Tokyo Olympics looking to replicate their brilliant performance in Rio.
There, Team GB finished second in the medal table, meaning God Save the Queen was played frequently over the course of the two weeks.
What are the words to God Save the Queen?
God Save the Queen has three verses, with only the first one sung at sports events.
The lyrics are as follows:
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!
Is God Save the Queen the British national anthem?
God Save the Queen is the de facto national anthem of the United Kingdom.
It is sung at all events in which the country is represented, however no national anthem has official status as the UK has never passed a national anthem law.
Is God Save the Queen the English national anthem?
God Save the Queen is normally taken to be the English national anthem.
But in actual fact, England doesn’t have a national anthem at all.
The issue has been debated in parliament before, with many believing that English sports teams should have a unique song to sing at events.
Most sports teams representing England sing God Save the Queen before events.
Is Jerusalem or God Save the Queen the English national anthem at the Commonwealth Games?
The English team sing Jerusalem at the Commonwealth Games.
It has been used officially since 2010 after a public vote.
Previously, England athletes sang Land of Hope and Glory at the Commonwealth Games.
The poet William Blake created the lyrics to Jerusalem in 1804, with Hubert Parry adding music in 1916.
What are the lyrics to Jerusalem?
And did those feet in ancient time
Walk upon England’s mountains green?
And was the holy lamb of God
On England’s pleasant pastures seen?
And did the countenance divine
Shine forth upon our clouded hills?
And was Jerusalem builded here
Among those dark satanic mills?
Bring me my bow of burning gold!
Bring me my arrows of desire!
Bring me my spear: o clouds unfold!
Bring me my chariots of fire!
I will not cease from mental fight;
Nor shall my sword sleep in my hand
Till we have built Jerusalem
In England’s green and pleasant land.
