‘God Save the King’ - Original 1745 Version of the song

The original version of "God Save the King" was composed in 1745 during the reign of King George II of Great Britain. It was primarily used as a patriotic song to show support for the British monarchy and became especially popular during times of national significance.
The song's words are believed to have been made in support of George II against the Jacobite's, who revolted the same year. The melody of the song though is much older, it supposedly appears in a 1680s French composition by Lully, and even further back sharing a very similar tune to works of John Bull in the 1590s and 1600s. It's most likely Elizabethan in origin.

[@Znajomy_Dzumy]

Only 1745 kids will remember

[@siralexandersequeira3rdcou12]

True

[@pjlynch3889]

man i miss when it was like this

[@lmperialist-Royalist]

Never knew that this was the original version

[@chistianmanuelcabreracorte6120]

thank you very much you have no idea how much I love this version greetings from Mexico I also love very cuch british music very much and rule britannia is my favorite

[@Imperial_Britannia]

Thank you for watching! I also have the 1740 original Rule Britannia If you’d like! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJ28dmmsnKyYibM

[@robnewman6101]

Rule Britannia.

[@robnewman6101]

GOD SAVE THE KING. LONG LIVE THE KING.

[@chevybradley4811]

Glad we kept the same national anthem but changed it a little

[@frenzycorrea2894]

Thanks for this❤

[@kathrynjordan8782]

Never knew that there was another version of God Save the King. Quite an interesting version.

[@nirnman]

It seems to have still omitted the verse regarding "rebellious Scots subdue"

[@vicenteromerovega1480]

God save the King 🇨🇱❤️🇬🇧

[@SantaFe19484]

I guess the words had to be changed when a king not named George came to the throne.

[@TheEric9026]

God Save the King thank you for your Service Sir. If possible could you kindly add the Lyrics to the Song ore in the Subtitles

[@hanish5fuchsia]

God save the king 🇮🇳🤝🇬🇧

[@georgeaihi7514]

@@hanish5fuchsia yuck

[@georgeaihi7514]

Yuck

[@Robespierre228]

Lol😂

[@itapi697]

God Save The King 🇺🇸 🤝 🇬🇧

[@ZipplyZane]

What is your source for this version? Because it's interesting that this doesn't match the 1745 version on Wikipedia Commons, which was transcribed for The Gentleman's Magazine. It seems to have a few more ornamentations, and adds repeats. And the lyrics are in a different order. (And it's in a different key, but I don't know if you transposed it so you could sing it.)

[@AvaT42]

Well this surprised me, i thought would be the same as todays version, it is similar but not the same.

[@paulrimmer391]

Glorious Britannia! Long live the King.

[@robnewman6101]

GOD SAVE THE KING. LONG LIVE THE KING.

[@indigofang5148]

Disappointed about your reference to the melody appearing in a composition by Lully. References to the melody being in any way associated with France are incorrect. The claim that “Grand Dieu Sauve le Roi” ever had the melody of God Save the King is an 19th century fiction, sadly given legitimacy by ahistorical modern day recordings and popularised by KZbin videos claiming it as the original version of the melody.

[@Imperial_Britannia]

Merely including the myth just to ackknowlege it

[@Orhan0278]

❤Many Greetings from Germany 2024😮

[@ДмитрийЮдин-ф9ь]

2:10 film name?

[@Robespierre228]

Patriot (2000)

[@user-kussikh]

got 2 versions of this now

[@rachelflammia8084]

Huzzah!

[@juanquirozbarrio2605]

Vivir REINO Unido 🇬🇧y mexico 🇲🇽 mexico y REINO Unido 🤝🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🌹🍷

[@Heikkinen0301]

Viva Britannia 🇫🇮🇬🇧

[@olekcholewa8171]

God bless the prince, I pray, God bless the prince, I pray, Charlie I mean; That Scotland we may see Freed from vile Presbyt'ry, Both George and his Feckie, Ever so, Amen.

[@frederickthegreatpodcast382]

Rebellious Scots to crush

[@DPRK_PATRIOT68]

God save the king From your beloved Crown jewel 🇵🇰🤝🇬🇧

[@leaodonorte3754]

👏👏👏👏 👑🧐 🗿🍷 🇬🇧🇧🇷

[@Hasinraiyantwaha]

but you guys ruled in India and Bangladesh for 200 years, after the fall of Nawab Siraj ud-daula in the Battle of plassey, as Bengali i dont respect this Anthem too much 🇧🇩🇧🇩♥️❤️

[@elieabi-lamah2209]

😊👼👼

[@GeorgeDoughty-m8e]

I must say that from where I am, USA, I'm not impressed. Someone paid for this composition. Silly lyric. He was nuts.

[@FionanUaMurchadha]

Best flag and map, you made it cring by bringing us into union in 1801 this flag and name is way better.

[@Imperial_Britannia]

Oh I’m so sorry I forgot I was born in 1738 and United Great Britain and Ireland. Ireland was as British as could be, same with the scots in 1707. Common language, common culture, it united. Get over it all ready, Ireland was British, lads sang God Save the King and Rule Britannia throughout the four provinces all along the centuries.

[@FionanUaMurchadha]

@@Imperial_Britannia I study Irelands imperial history as a major so i have nothing to "get over" im just stating the flag and map was better pre 1801

[@Imperial_Britannia]

@@FionanUaMurchadha and I’m just stating that Ireland was better during being British and under the crown.

[@FionanUaMurchadha]

@@Imperial_Britannia if you were anglican protestant yes but the rest were worse off

[@FionanUaMurchadha]

@@Imperial_Britannia British empire was majority bad but it brought a few good things, English, Democracy, Football but for every good thing tjey counteract it with worse things such as creating concentration camps

[@verdeleonais2010]

The original song was french …. So

[@Imperial_Britannia]

The song's origin is uncertain, could be form the 1620s, Elizabethan times, or older.

[@verdeleonais2010]

@@Imperial_Britannia older or not it’s still a french song

[@Imperial_Britannia]

that is a falsity made up in the 19th century.@@verdeleonais2010

[@Zadir09]

The melody is french, lyrics were rewritten to make an additional song. You see it a lot

[@EverydayLinguistics]

The Tyrant King George of course

[@Lucas-q2l5e]

Which one and context?

[@EverydayLinguistics]

@@Lucas-q2l5e Why, the tyrant King George, of course!

[@kylecope528]

This was his grandfather, king George II; unless you view the Hanoverians as tyrants and German usurpers.

[@Imperial_Britannia]

I see your a Yank, so you presumably mean His Majesty George III who reigned when 13 of the 14 American holdings broke off from the crown, this song is from 1745 before the American Revolutionary War, before even the Seven Years war, not to mention it's for a different George, King George II, who died over a decade before the Yanks broke off, so you don't even have the right generation, not even the right parent, George II was George III's grandfather. Additionally kings being tyrants had largely been gone after the Magna Carta, and Especially after the Glorious Revolution and the creation of Prime Minister in Britain and later the UK. So congrats, you managed to be wrong three times simultaneously.

[@YouTubeisgettingworse.]

@@Imperial_BritanniaIt is a Yank, don’t bother with it.