In the nineteenth century there was some lively debate about the national anthem and, even then, verse two was considered to be slightly offensive. 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!
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The style most commonly heard in official performances was proposed as the "proper interpretation" by King George Vwho considered himself something of an expert in view of the number of times he had heard it. Does sin exist as merely a human concept, and if so, then surely it has to exist in a condition of everyday reality.
Cornets and side-drum are to be added at the little scale-passage leading into the second half of the tune, and the full brass enters for the last eight bars". God bless our native land! God save the Queen!
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Elgar also used the first verse of the Anthem as the climax of a short "Civic Procession and Anthem", written to accompany the mayoral procession at the opening of the Hereford Music Festival on 4 September Alex Marshall, the British author of Republic or Death!
Retrieved 16 April Fernando Sor used the anthem in his 12 Studies, Op. In his novel, The Place of Dead Roads , William S Burroughs echoes the infamous coupling of the song when describing the United Kingdom with the words "God save the Queen and a fascist regime … a flabby toothless fascism, to be sure.
The article and other sources make it clear that this verse was not used soon after , and certainly before the song became accepted as the British national anthem in the s and s.