A thousand years, by sea and land
Music: Walter Parratt (1841–1924) · Words: Henry Newbolt, Sir (1862–1938)
A thousand years, by sea and land,
a thousand years, a thousand years,
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The words
A thousand years, by sea and land,
a thousand years, a thousand years,
Our race hath served, our race hath served,
hath served the island kings.
But not by Custom’s dull
command,
but not by Custom’s dull command,
but not by Custom’s dull command,
Today with song, with song, with song Her
empire rings. today, today with song Her
empire rings.
Not all the glories, the glories of Her birth,
Her armed re - nown and ancient throne Could
make Her less the child of earth,
could make Her less the child of earth,
Or give Her hopes beyond our own,
hopes beyond our own.
But stayed on faith more sternly proved,
but stayed on faith more sternly proved And
pride than ours more pure and deep,
and pride than ours more pure and deep,
She loves the land, she loves the land,
the land our fathers loved, And keeps,
and keeps the fame our sons shall keep,
the fame
our sons
shall
keep.
A thousand years, by sea and land,
a thousand years, a thousand years,
Our race hath served, our race hath served,
hath served,
our race hath served the island kings.
But not by Custom’s dull command,
but not by Custom’s dull command,
but not by Custom’s dull command,
but not by Custom’s dull command,
Today
with song, today with song Her empire rings.
today, today with song Her empire rings.
Not all the glories of Her birth,
Her armed re - nown and ancient,
ancient throne Could make Her less the child of
earth, could make Her less the child of earth Or
give Her hopes beyond our own, hopes beyond
our own. But stayed on faith, stayed,
but stayed on faith more sternly proved,
And pride than ours, than ours more pure and
deep, and pride than ours more pure and deep.
She loves the land, she loves the land our
fathers loved, And keeps, and keeps the fame
our sons shall keep, the fame our sons shall
keep.
A thousand years, by sea and land,
a thousand years, a thousand years,
Our race hath served, hath served the island
kings, our race hath served the island kings,
our race hath served the island kings.
But not by Custom’s dull command,
but not by Custom’s dull
command,
but not by Custom’s dull command,
but not by Custom’s dull command,
Today with song, today with song,
today with song Her empire rings,
today today with song Her empire rings.
Not all the glories, the glories of Her birth,
Her armed re - nown and ancient throne Could
make Her less the child
of earth, could make Her less the child of
earth, Or give Her hopes beyond our own,
hopes beyond our own.
But stayed on faith more sternly proved,
but stayed on faith more sternly proved,
And pride than ours more pure and deep,
more pure and deep, and pride than ours more
pure and deep, She loves the land,
she loves the land,
she loves the land our fathers loved,
And keeps, and keeps the fame our sons shall
keep, the fame our sons shall keep.
A thousand years, by sea and land,
a thousand years, a thousand years,
Our race hath served, hath served the island
kings,
hath served the island kings. But not by
Custom’s dull command,
but not by Custom’s dull command,
but not by Custom’s dull command,
Today with song, today with song,
today with song Her empire rings,
today, today with song Her empire rings.
Not all the glories of Her birth,
Her armed renown and ancient throne Could make
Her less the child of earth, could make Her less
the child of earth, Or give Her hopes beyond
our own, hopes beyond our own.
But stayed on faith more sternly proved,
but stayed on faith, on faith more sternly
proved,
And pride, and pride than ours more pure and
deep, She loves the land, she loves the land,
she loves the land our fathers loved,
And keeps,
and keeps the fame our sons shall keep,
the fame our sons shall keep.
About this song
- Music
- Walter Parratt (1841–1924) (dates as OpenScore states them)
- Words
- Henry Newbolt, Sir (1862–1938) (dates as LiederNet Archive states them)
- Language
- English, as its source states it
- First published
- in or before 1899, as IMSLP states it
- Length
- 3:03
- Parts
- Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Bass
- Its source files it as
- Choral Songs in Honour of Her Majesty Queen Victoria
- The score
- OpenScore Lieder Corpus; CC0 1.0, as its source states it. OpenScore Lieder Corpus (CC0)
- Offered in
- the United States, the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, Spain, the United Kingdom, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Canada, Australia, Jamaica, Colombia, India, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, Viet Nam, Thailand, Malaysia, Russia, Ukraine, Türkiye, Israel, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Brazil, Peru, Switzerland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Myanmar, Morocco, Iraq, Sudan, Yemen and Syria, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi and Zambia, Ghana, Mozambique, Angola, Madagascar, Venezuela
- Not offered in
- France, Mexico, Egypt, Argentina, Chile, Bangladesh, Algeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the member states of the Bangui Agreement (OAPI), Iran, Afghanistan and North Korea, and wherever the site has not read the law
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