<P> `` God Save the Queen '' ( alternatively `` God Save the King '' , depending on the gender of the reigning monarch ) is the national or royal anthem in a number of Commonwealth realms , their territories , and the British Crown Dependencies . The author of the tune is unknown and it may originate in plainchant , but a 1619 attribution to John Bull is sometimes made . </P>
who wrote the words to god save the queen
author of the tune is unknown and it may originate in plainchant , but a 1619 attribution to John Bull is sometimes made