“In spite of all literary cavil and conjectural assertion there has not yet appeared one _identity_ to invalidate the truth that my father was the author of that important song, some have given the music to Handel, others to Purcell, some have signified that it was produced in the time of Charles I. others James I. and some, in their slumbers, have dreamed that it made its appearance in the reign of Henry VIII. it might as well have been carried still further back, to the reign of song-singing Solomon, or psalm singing David. I have heard the late Mr. Pearce Galliard assert, time after time, that my father was the author of “God save the King”; that it was produced in the year 1745-6, and printed in the year 1750, for John Johnson, opposite Bow Church, in Cheapside. But, for the satisfaction of my readers, I will insert the song of ‘God save the King,’ as it is printed in the original text, where it is called a song for two voices:―― I. God save Great George our King Long Live our noble King, God save the King, Send him victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us, God save the King. II. O Lord our God, arise, Scatter our enemies, And make them fall; Confound their politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks, On him our hopes we fix, God save us all. III. Thy choicest gifts in store, On him be pleased to pour, Long may he reign, May he defend our laws, And ever give us cause To sing, with heart and voice God save the King. IV. Lord grant that MARSHALL WADE,[23] May, by thy Mighty aid, Victory bring; May he sedition hush, And like a torrent rush, Rebellious Scots to crush, God save the King. There can be little doubt that Henry Carey was the author of the first three verses of this particular version of the song, but he could not have written the fourth verse, as he committed suicide in 1743, two years before the Scotch rebellion to which the verse refers.