Rule Britannia

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Rule, Britannia! Dr. Arve. 1740, 1. When Bri ~ tain firsty......., at Heavin's com-mand, A ~ 2 The na - tions not 50 lest: 23 thee,’ Must. — o a ~~ zure main, _ A-rose, arose, @-ro00 from out the ty + rants fall,” Must in their tum........ to — a me a = mure main, ‘This was the char-ter, the char - ter of the land, And ty ~ rants fall; While thou shalt flourish, shalt flour - ish great and freey ‘The guar = dion gels sung this strai . . = dread and ¥ of them Bri -tan-nia! Bri = tan-nia,rule the waves; = = ver will bo slaves.” 1 Chorus to be sung after each verse, Soprano . i Alito. abe Rule, Britan-nia! Bri -tan-nia, rule the wavess Britons ne - ver will be slaves. Pierre rers dad. fas Bass. e vt ¥ ‘Rule, Bri-tan-nia! Bri - tan-nia, rule the waves; Britons ne - ver will be 7 ~S slaves Still more majestic shalt thou rise, To thee belongs the rural reign, ‘More dreadful from each foreign strokes — { ‘Thy cities shall with commerce shines As the Iond blast, that tears the skies, ‘All thine, shall be the subject main, Serves but to root thy native oak. ‘And evry shore it circles, thine, Rule Britannia! & Bule Britannia! &e. 4, 6 ‘Thee, haughty tyrants no'er shall tame; ‘The muses, still with freedom found, All their aitempts to bend thee down, Shall to thy happy coast repai Will but arouse thy gen'rous flame, Blest Isle! with matchless beaut ‘And manly hearts to guard the fair. ‘To work their woo, and thy renown. Rule Britannia! &e. ‘Rule Britannia! &e.

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