Rule, Britannia!

For other uses, see Rule Britannia (disambiguation).

"Rule, Britannia!"
United States Army performance
"Rule, Britannia!"
Phonograph cylinder recorded by Albert Farrington in 1914 for Edison Records
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First page of an 1890s edition of the sheet music
Second page

"Rule, Britannia!" is a British patriotic song, originating from the 1740 poem "Rule, Britannia" by James Thomson[1] and set to music by Thomas Arne in the same year.[2] It is most strongly associated with the Royal Navy, but is also used by the British Army.[3]

  1. ^ Sambrook, James (24 May 2008). "Thomson, James". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ Scholes, Percy A (1970). The Oxford Companion to Music (tenth ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 897.
  3. ^ "Rule Britannia". The Britannia and Castle: Norfolk Section. 2002. Archived from the original on 22 November 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2015.