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Henry Carey (1687 – 1743)

Henry Carey (1687 – 1743) was an English poet, dramatist and song-writer, believed by some to be the illegitimate child of the George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax.

As a satirical term for his rival Ambrose Philips Carey’s poetry introduced the term ‘namby-pamby’ to the language, he also wrote the celebrated ditty ‘Sally In Our Alley’ and he may have been the author and composer of the British National Anthem, ‘God Save The King’ and appears to have been the first to sing it.

Occasionally he ran into trouble over his anti-Walpolean politics.

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O Lord We Long To See Your Face (Surrey, Organ, 4 verses)
17th October 2018 88 88 88 / Easter Vigil / Funeral / General / Henry Carey (1687 - 1743) / Hymn / John Raphael Peacey (1896-1971) / Revd. Mary J. Hancock / Surrey

O Lord We Long To See Your Face (Surrey, Organ, 4 verses)

O Lord We Long To See Your Face : Lyrics We regret that we are unable to publish the lyrics

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God Save Our Gracious King
11th February 2018 664 6664 / God Save Our Gracious King / God Save The King / Henry Carey (1687 - 1743) / Hymn / Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday / Traditional British / William E Hickson (1817 - 1877)

God Save Our Gracious King (God Save The King, Orchestra, 2 or 3 Verses) Free Download

The British National Anthem, God Save Our Gracious King in its current form dates to the eighteenth century, however the

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11th February 2018 664 6664 / Alphabetical / God Save Our Gracious King / God Save The King / Henry Carey (1687 - 1743) / Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday / Thesaurus Musicus (1744) / Traditional British / William E Hickson (1817 - 1877)

God Save Our Gracious Queen (God Save The King, Organ, 2 Verses)

God Save Our Gracious Queen : Lyrics God save our gracious Queen, Long live our noble Queen, God save the

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God Save Our Gracious King
28th April 2017 664 6664 / Anonymous / God Save Our Gracious King / God Save The King / Henry Carey (1687 - 1743) / Remembrance Day and Remembrance Sunday / TBR / Traditional British / William E Hickson (1817 - 1877)

God Save Our Gracious King (God Save The King, Organ, 3 Verses)

God Save Our Gracious King : Recording Tune: God Save The King, attributed to Henry Carey (1689 – 1743), from

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21st April 2017 664 6664 / August Mahlmann (1771-1826) / God Save The King / Henry Carey (1687 - 1743) / Hymn / TBR / Traditional American / William E Hickson (1817 - 1877) / Year B Proper 7, Ordinary 12, Trinity 3

God Bless Our Native Land (God Save The King, Organ, 2 Verses)

God Bless Our Native Land Lyrics God bless our native land! Firm may she ever stand Thro’ storm and night!

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