God Save our Confederate Land

"What a beautiful song! You have done marvellously!"

- President Jane Zarkan, upon hearing a rendition of the song by Reverend Harry E. W. Ellenbeck's choir

God Save our Confederate Land was a deeply religious popular patriotic hymn and unofficial national anthem of the Confederate States of Earth. Penned by Reverend Harry Elliot Walker Ellenbeck, a vicar of the Confederate Church, in mid 21 BBY, the song is a plea to God to defend the Confederacy from the invading Union of Earth States, in a similar vein as that of another unofficial Confederate national anthem called God Save the West, written by President Jane Zarkan.

After Reverend Ellenbeck's local choir performed the song to both President Zarkan and the Parliament of the Confederate States of Earth, there was serious discussion about making the song the official Confederate anthem, though it was decided to keep the song unofficial.

A very popular hymn within the Confederate Church, the hymn was included in a patriotic songbook, Patriotic Songs and Anthems of Confederate Earth, the hymn was also commonly sung by the Confederate States Army, both during leisure time, as well as during religious services.

Lyrics
Now that hostile bands of tyrants,

now threaten our fair land,

May God's strong arm protect us, with his most mighty hand,

Above our Confederate banner, may the Heavenly starlight shine,"

And for our sacred ensign, we for righteous freedom pine."

''Then let the cry awaken,

from all of our hero band,

and still our valleys echo;

"God Save our Confederate Land"

''And e'er unto our merciful God,

we cast forth our prayers,

and ask for God's great deliverance,

and provide unto us liberty.

We pray to our noble God, for our sons to defend,

And may he grant them his blessing, to find them victory,

''Then let the cry awaken,

from all of our hero band,

and still our valleys echo;

"God Save our Confederate Land"

God save our heroic spirit,

that battles for our rights,

Cloak it in your divine, Heavenly armour,

We have faith in your judgement,

that you will provide us the strength to bear our banner on high,

that through your sacred intervention,

we shall defend liberty!

''Then let the cry awaken,

from all of our hero band,

and still our valleys echo;

"God Save our Confederate Land"