“Tune—‘God Save the King.’
“Britons! your Voices raise,
Join cheerful Songs of praise,
With grateful lay;
May all our Island ring,
Her Sons’ Orisons sing
For their Beloved King
On this bright day.
May he the vale of life
Close free from ev’ry strife;
His subjects see.
Bless’d with a lasting Peace,
May War for ever cease,
Pris’ners each Pow’r release,
And all be free.
King George’s Fiftieth Year
Of Sceptred greatness cheer
Each loyal Heart;
May the stain’d Sword be sheath’d;
Amity once more breath’d;
Commerce, with Plenty wreath’d,
Sweet Joy impart.