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Rule, Britannia!
1740 British patriotic song / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Rule Britannia (disambiguation).
"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]
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