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God save the West!
—A patriotic slogan, derived from this anthem.
"God Save the West" was the one of several different anthems of the Confederate States of Earth, along with Sep'ratist Soldier and The Bonny White Flag (The Bonny White Flag being the most popular, and common, national anthem).
The anthem was written by President Jane Zarkan herself on the fourth day of 21 BBY, four days after the Zarkan Kingdom seceded, and twenty three days prior to the birth of the Confederacy. The anthem was sung following the Declaration of Confederate Independence on the twenty seventh day of 21 BBY, following the completion of the declaration Jane Zarkan headed out onto her balcony overlooking Castle Square, where a large crowd had been assembled several hours before in preparation for Jane's reading of the declaration, these crowds had all been given lyrics sheets to the song, the crowd sung the anthem following Jane Zarkan's reading and speech.
After Michael Yarwood, Order of Confederate Merit, wrote The Bonny White Flag this anthem was largely replaced as the de facto national anthem, though was still sung as a patriotic song.
This song was also used as an unofficial national anthem of the Force for the Restoration of Separatist Earth, as well as the short lived Confederate Republic of Mars, which lasted 6 days during the Martian Insurrection, and by the refounded Confederate States of Earth.
As with Sep'ratist Soldier the song became a popular patriotic song across the Confederacy of Independent Systems, to the point that a number of Separatists considered a modified version of it to the unofficial Separatist national anthem, though the Confederacy's official anthem was the Separatist version of The Bonny White Flag, called the The Bonny Blue Flag.
The Union of Earth States had a parody version known as "God Distress the Traitors", a tune very unpopular with the Confederates.
The song was included in the patriotic songbook Patriotic Songs and Anthems of Confederate Earth.
Lyrics[]
Original lyrics[]
The lyrics take the form of prayer-like plea to God to defend the West, the Confederacy, the nation is referred to as a female. The lyrics also ask God to protect the soldiers of the Confederacy.
God save the West,
God save the West,
Her flag and her peoples both,
God save the West!
Now that a war is nigh,
Now that her sons must fight and die,
Chanting the battle cry: "Freedom or Death!"
Chanting the battle cry: "Freedom or Death!"
God, be her shield,
as her sons fight on the field,
bless them with victory,
as they fight for liberty.
Now that a war is nigh,
Now that her sons must fight and die,
Chanting the battle cry: "Freedom or Death!"
Chanting the battle cry: "Freedom or Death!"
God, thy mighty lord,
who has eternal love,
we pray for thy favour,
and to thee, Almighty Saviour.
Now that a war is nigh,
Now that her sons must fight and die,
Chanting the battle cry: "Freedom or Death!"
Chanting the battle cry: "Freedom or Death!"
God made the right,
stronger than might,
the Union would trample all o'er our rights,
destroy their cowardly tricks,
and decimate their politics
On thee, our hopes we fix,
God, save us all!
On thee, our hopes we fix,
God, save us all!
Now that a war is nigh,
Now that her sons must fight and die,
Chanting the battle cry: "Freedom or Death!"
Chanting the battle cry: "Freedom or Death!"
God save the West,
God save the West,
Bless her proud banners,
God save the West,
Let our good God on high,
hear us for justice cry,
may our Lord make the foe fly,
away from our land,
may our Lord make the foe fly,
Away from our land!
Now that a war is nigh,
Now that her sons must fight and die,
Chanting the battle cry: "Freedom or Death!"
Chanting the battle cry: "Freedom or Death!"
Hark Freedom's call, summoning all,
Summoning all of us unto the cause,
Sons of the West, arise! Strike till the foe we break!
Strike for sweet Liberty's sake, Nation and Life!
Strike for sweet Liberty's sake, Nation and Life!
Now that a war is nigh,
Now that her sons must fight and die,
Chanting the battle cry: "Freedom or Death!"
Chanting the battle cry: "Freedom or Death!"
Patriots of before, our forefathers of yore,
Patriots for freedom, and their wondrous land to save,
Their lifeblood in our veins, and their spirit in our brains,
Their spirit shall ne'er see us in chains, we shall be free!
Their spirit shall ne'er see us in chains, we shall be free!
Now that a war is nigh,
Now that her sons must fight and die,
Chanting the battle cry: "Freedom or Death!"
Chanting the battle cry: "Freedom or Death!"
Over the hill, the cruel foe man does live,
With his strong desire to conquer the land,
Yet he shall be in vain, for we to his band shall not be slain,
Against his tyranny, We shall stand fast!
Against his tyranny, We shall stand fast!
Now that a war is nigh,
Now that her sons must fight and die,
Chanting the battle cry: "Freedom or Death!"
Chanting the battle cry: "Freedom or Death!"
God Save the West, God Save the West,
Her altars and firesides, God Save the West!
For a great war is nigh, and we shall be free or die,
Shouting our noble cry: "God and Nation!"
Shouting our noble cry: "God and Nation!"
Now that a war is nigh,
Now that her sons must fight and die,
Chanting the battle cry: "Freedom or Death!"
Chanting the battle cry: "Freedom or Death!"
Separatist lyrics[]
With the song popular across the Confederacy of Independent Systems a lot of Separatists began to consider the song to be one of their unofficial anthems, along with March to Liberty! and Sep'ratist Soldier. However the official national anthem of the Confederacy of Independent Systems was The Bonny Blue Flag, which was the most popular patriotic anthem for Separatists.
God save the Rim,
God save the Rim,
Her flag and her peoples both,
God save the Rim!
Now that war is nigh,
Now that her patriots must fight and die,
Chanting the battle cry: "Freedom or Death!",
Chanting the battle cry: "Freedom or Death!"
God, be her shield,
as her sons fight on the field,
bless them with victory,
as they fight for liberty.
God, thy lord above,
who has eternal love,
we pray for thy favour,
and to thee, Almighty Saviour.
God made the right,
stronger than might,
the Republic would trample all over our rights,
destroy their cowardly tricks,
and decimate their politics
On thee, our hopes we fix,
God, save us all!
Now that a war is nigh,
Now that her sons must fight and die,
Chanting the battle cry: "Freedom or Death!"
Chanting the battle cry: "Freedom or Death!"
God save the Rim,
God save the Rim,
Bless her proud banners,
God save the Rim,
Let our good God on high,
hear us for justice cry,
may our Lord make the foe fly,
away from our lands,
may our Lord make the foe fly,
Away from our lands!
Now that a war is nigh,
Now that her sons must fight and die,
Chanting the battle cry: "Freedom or Death!"
Chanting the battle cry: "Freedom or Death!"
Hark Freedom's call, summoning all,
Summoning all of us unto the cause,
Sons of the Rim, arise! Strike till the foe we break!
Strike for sweet Liberty's sake, Nation and Life!
Strike for sweet Liberty's sake, Nation and Life!
Now that a war is nigh,
Now that her sons must fight and die,
Chanting the battle cry: "Freedom or Death!"
Chanting the battle cry: "Freedom or Death!"
Patriots of before, our forefathers of yore,
Patriots for freedom, and their wondrous lands to save,
Their lifeblood in our veins, and their spirit in our brains,
Their spirit shall ne'er see us in chains, we shall be free!
Their spirit shall ne'er see us in chains, we shall be free!
Now that a war is nigh,
Now that her sons must fight and die,
Chanting the battle cry: "Freedom or Death!"
Chanting the battle cry: "Freedom or Death!"
Deep in the Core, the cruel tyrant does live,
With his strong desire to conquer the land,
Yet he shall be in vain, for we to his band shall not be slain,
Against his tyranny, We shall stand fast!
Against his tyranny, We shall stand fast!
Now that a war is nigh,
Now that her sons must fight and die,
Chanting the battle cry: "Freedom or Death!"
Chanting the battle cry: "Freedom or Death!"
God Save the Rim, God Save the Rim,
Her altars and firesides, God Save the Rim!
For a great war is nigh, and we shall be free or die,
Shouting our noble cry: "God and Nation!"
Shouting our noble cry: "God and Nation!"
Now that a war is nigh,
Now that her sons must fight and die,
Chanting the battle cry: "Freedom or Death!"
Chanting the battle cry: "Freedom or Death!"