LiturgyTools.net: Hymns for ANZAC Day services

A selection of hymns and songs suitable for Anzac Day ceremonies.

Most are free-to-use (ie public domain or copyright-free), which means that the words can be copied and sung to at least one tune with no concerns about copyright or performance licensing - sometimes in a limited setting.

Some hymns that are still copyright may also be included, if they are particularly appropriate.

Free-use hymns

Hymns for ANZAC Day church and memorial services generally focus on God as protector in time of death and war, or on themes of peace-making.

The most commonly used Christian hymns at Anzac Day commemoration services are:

Abide with Me
O Valiant Hearts
O God, Our Help in Ages Past
The national anthem: Advance Australia Fair, God Defend New Zealand

Others hymns with God-as-protector / thankfulness-in-strife themes include:

All People that on Earth do Dwell
Be Still my Soul
Eternal Father Strong to Save
God is the Refuge of His Saints
God Moves in a Mysterious Way
How Glorious Zion's Courts Appear
Now Israel may Say
Lead Kindly Light
O Brother Man
O God of Bethel
O God of Earth and Altar (GK Chesterton died in 1936 so this may not yet be public domain in all countries)
O God our Help in Ages Past
Once to Every Man and Nation
Out of the Depths
Praise, my Soul the King of Heaven
The Recessional (Kipling died in 1936, so this may not yet be public domain in all countries)
The Lord's My Shepherd
Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow
Thy Kingdom Come O God
To the Hills I Will Lift my Eyes
To Thee O God, we Fly