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British patriotic song
"Rule, Britannia!" is a British patriotic song, originating from the 1740 poem "Rule, Britannia" by James Thomson and set to music by Thomas Arne in the same year. It is most strongly associated with the Royal Navy, but is also used by the British Army.
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"Rule, Britannia!" in The Works of James Thomson (1763) "Britannia Rules the Waves", in The Echoing Horn (n.d.), a chapbook with no printing information "Rule Britannia" in Twa weavers (n.d.), a chapbook printed in Glasgow "Rule Britannia" in New minstrel (n.d.), a chapbook printed in Glasgow "Rule, Britannia", in Nothing Like Grog (n.d.), a chapbook printed in Edinburgh "Rule Britannia" in The Singers' Companion (n.d.), a chapbook printed in Glasgow "Rule Britannia", in Corn Rigs are Bonny (1817), a chapbook printed in Stirling "Rule, Britannia!" in The Songs of England, Vol. 1 (1890s). "Rule Britannia" in The Canadian Soldiers' Song Book (1916).