God Save the King

"God Save the Queen", or "God Save the King", is an anthem uised in a nummer o Commonweel kinricks; it is the naitional anthem o the Unitit Kinrick, aa the Breetish Owerseas Territories, ane o the twa naitional anthems o New Zealand, an the ryal anthem o Canadae, Australie, Jamaica an the Isle o Mann. In kintras no previously pairt o the Breetish Empire the tuin o "God Save the Queen" haes been uised as the foonds for sindry patriotic sangs, tho still for ordinar connectit wi ryal ceremony. The author o the sang isna kent, an ayont its first verse, that is conseestent, it haes mony historic an extant versions: Syne its first publication, different verses haes been eikit an taen aff an, e'en the day, different publications includes sindry walins o verses in sindry orders.^[1] In general anerly ane, or whiles twa verses is sung, but on rair occasions three.^[2] Ane or twa baurs can form a pairt o the Vice Regal Salute in Commonweel kinricks ootwi the Unitit Kinrick an aw. The wirds o the sang, lik its teetle, is adaptit tae the gender o monarch, wi "King" replacin "Queen", "he" replacin "she", an sae on, whan a king rings. In the Unitit Kinrick, the last line o the third verse is chynged an aw. Whan the anthem is played, the monarch disnae sing it, as it is a prayer for him o her; houaniver, the consort sings it.

The "Scots" that wis uised in this airticle wis written bi a body that haesna a guid grip on the leid. Please mak this airticle mair better gin ye can.

1. ↑ cf. the versions in the hymn beuks English Hymnal, Hymns Ancient and Modern an Songs of Praise an the version at the wabsite royalty.gov.uk Archived 2020-12-04 at the Wayback Machine.
2. ↑ "Monarchy Today pages at royal.gov.uk website". Archived frae the original (HTML) on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 1 Apryle 2007.