What are the words to "God safe the Queen", also whats the second verse of "Advance Australia Fair" ?

Question

I know the following....."God safe our gratious Queen, long live our noble Queen, God safe the Queen....vala dictorium... hmmmm hm hmhm hm da da da da da da da da da da"

"Australians all let us rejoice, for we are young and free,

we've golden soil and wealth to toil, our land is gert by sea,

our land abounds in natures gifts, our beauty rich and rare,

in histories page, at every stage, advance Australia Fair, with golden strains than let us sing, Advance Australia Fair" (Often heard upon the "Gold Medal" dias at Olympic and Commonwealth Games - unlike "God safe the Queen".

The second verse goes something like "...Beneath our radiant Southern Cross, well toil with hearts and hands to make this Southern land of ours renowned through all the lands....."

Answer 1

We all know the words to 'God Save the Queen' and know that King and Queen replace eash other dependent on the gender of the Sovereign, but something I don't know is if, when and why '...noble...' replaced the word '...glorious...', as my grandmother used to sing it. ?

Interesting to know, also, that this is not actually an English song, as the tune was taken from the national anthem of the Principality of Liechtenstein...

Answer 2

God Save the Queen, it is not very nice to the Scots !

So here it is in it`s entirety, will you all rise please for The National Anthem....(cough !...cough !..uh hummm..uh hummm er..er hum)

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

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

From every latent foe

From the assassins blow

God save the Queen

O'er her thine arm extend

For Britain's sake defend

Our mother, prince, and friend

God save the Queen

Lord grant that Marshal Wade

May by thy mighty aid

Victory bring

May he sedition hush

And like a torrent rush

Rebellious Scots to crush

God save the Queen

But this is much more interesting :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z2M_hpoP...



And the second verse of Advance Australia Fair is :-

Beneath our radiant Southern Cross

We'll toil with hearts and hands;

To make this Commonwealth of ours

Renowned of all the lands;

For those who've come across the seas

We've boundless plains to share;

With courage let us all combine

To Advance Australia Fair.

In joyful strains then let us sing,

Advance Australia Fair.

Answer 3

Queens, Kings, this is all archaic BS. They have a good thing going for the present but people realize or should that a guy like Charles is just a dysfunctional man who caused great harm to his wife Di for that old relic.

Answer 4

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 thine 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.

Australians all let us rejoice,

For we are young and free;

We've golden soil and wealth for toil,

Our home is girt by sea;

Our land abounds in Nature's gifts

Of beauty rich and rare;

In history's page, let every stage

Advance Australia fair!

In joyful strains then let us sing,

"Advance Australia fair!"

When gallant Cook from Albion sail'd,

To trace wide oceans o'er,

True British courage bore him on,

Till he landed on our shore.

Then here he raised Old England's flag,

The standard of the brave;

With all her faults we love her still,

"Brittannia rules the wave!"

In joyful strains then let us sing

"Advance Australia fair!"

Beneath our radiant southern Cross,

We'll toil with hearts and hands;

To make this Commonwealth of ours

Renowned of all the lands;

For those who've come across the seas

We've boundless plains to share;

With courage let us all combine

To advance Australia fair.

In joyful strains then let us sing

"Advance Australia fair!"

While other nations of the globe

Behold us from afar,

We'll rise to high renown and shine

Like our glorious southern star;

From England, Scotia, Erin's Isle,

Who come our lot to share,

Let all combine with heart and hand

To advance Australia fair!

In joyful strains then let us sing

"Advance Australia fair!"

Shou'd foreign foe e'er sight our coast,

Or dare a foot to land,

We'll rouse to arms like sires of yore

To guard our native strand;

Brittannia then shall surely know,

Beyond wide ocean's roll,

Her sons in fair Australia's land

Still keep a British soul.

In joyful strains the let us sing

"Advance Australia fair!"