Rule Britannia - Hymn Lyrics & Orchestral Music HD

Rule Britannia - Hymn / Song Lyrics with Instrumental backing music. LYRICS: Rule Britannia from the poem "Rule, Britannia" by James Thomson music by Thomas Arne in 1740 CCLI # 6480183 PD When Britain first, at heaven’s command, Arose from out the azure main, Arose, arose, arose from out the azure main. This was the charter, the charter of the land, And guardian angels sang the strain. Rule Britannia! Britannia rule the waves. Britons never, never, never shall be slaves. Rule Britannia! Britannia rule the waves. Britons never, never, never shall be slaves. The nations not so blest as thee, Must in their turn to tyrants fall, Must in their turn, must in their turn, To tyrants fall, While thou shall flourish, Shall flourish great and free, The dread and envy of them all. Chorus. Still more majestic shalt thou rise, More dreadful from each foreign stroke. More dreadful, more dreadful From each foreign stroke. As the loud blast that tears the skies, Serves but to root thy native oak. Chorus. Thee haughty tyrants ne’er shall tame, All their attempts to bend thee down, All their attempts, all their attempts To bend thee down, Will but arouse thy generous flame. But work their woe and thy renown. Chorus. To thee belongs the rural reign, Thy cities shall with commerce shine, Thy cities shall, thy cities shall With commerce shine. All thine shall be the subject main, And every shore it circles thine. Chorus. The muses still, with freedom found, Shall to thy happy coast repair, Shall to thy happy coast, Thy happy coasts repair, Best isle of beauty, With matchless beauty crowned, And manly hearts to guard the fair. Chorus. For singers: where possible, these recordings are mostly formatted as follows: Centre: Soprano (piccolo/flute), Bass (Acoustic Bass/Contrabass) Right 100% Alto (clarinet), Left 100% Tenor (oboe/tuba/trombone) This video is part of the Collection of 500+ of the Most Sung Christian Church Songs & Hymns, with Lyrics, PDF and PowerPoints(PPTX) for use in worship settings. From Traditional Music Library. You can visit the collection and download the original PowerPoint file (PPTX) and lyrics from following URL. http://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/core-hymns/ I hope to eventually provide the whole 500+ songs in this collection in video format with mostly orchestral style background music. The display is formatted like the sort of projection you might see in a church, thus I hope, making them useful in a worship setting, perhaps also for choir practice as most of the arrangements are based on the SATB model. I have mostly used the original or traditional version of the song but there are also some contemporary or modern versions. Copyright and author information including the CCLI song number (where available) are provided on the first screen of the video. Most of the lyrics and tunes are public domain, my music performance of the tune mentioned (sound recording) is copyright© Rod Smith, but permission is granted for free non