The National Anthem.
The English National Anthem of to-(lay wu first publioLv heard in 1740, after the defeat of Prince Charles, at G'ullodenW It was originally a Jacobite song, which it was dangerous tolL sing ill hearing of the authorities, for Uie King meant then/ was "the King over the water," a fact which may 1* traced in the worth, '-Send him victorious," though, nowadays, that is seldom remembered. The three verses of " Ood Save the Kiiii;" we now sing are the genuine Jaoobean song, but to them were added si* others, strictly Hanoverian and Whig gisli, and utterly devoid of literary merit.
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Mataura Ensign, Issue 1049, 24 June 1902, Page 4 (Supplement)
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103The National Anthem. Mataura Ensign, Issue 1049, 24 June 1902, Page 4 (Supplement)
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