Millard County Chronicle | 1938-02-10 | Page 2 | Author of "God Save the King" |

Type	issue
Date	1938-02-10
Paper	Millard County Chronicle
Language	eng
City	Delta
County	Millard
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Creator	Norman B. Dresser
ARK	ark:/87278/s60874z4
Reference URL	https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60874z4

Article Title	Author of "God Save the King"
Type	article
Date	1938-02-10
Paper	Millard County Chronicle
Language	eng
City	Delta
County	Millard
Page	2
Creator	Norman B. Dresser
OCR Text	Show author of god save the king the origin of god save the king has been wrapped in mystery for centuries it was first sung by harry carey at a dinner to cele brate the capture of portobello by admiral vernon in 1740 according to pearson s london weekly carey admitted authorship of the words but refused to commit himself about the music the song achieved in stant success on the wave of patri otisa that followed the declaration of bonnie prince charlie as king english citizens sang it every chere as a retort in favor of the legitimate monarch and it was first sung in the presence of the monarch at drury lane in september 1745
Reference URL	https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60874z4/5545805