Editing God Save the King (section)

====Historic Jacobite and anti-Jacobite alternative verses====
Around 1745, anti-[[Jacobitism|Jacobite]] sentiment was captured in a verse appended to the song, with a prayer for the success of [[Field Marshal (United Kingdom)|Field Marshal]] [[George Wade]]'s army then assembling at [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]]. These words attained some short-term use, although they did not appear in the published version in the October 1745 ''Gentleman's Magazine''. This verse was first documented as an occasional addition to the original anthem by [[Richard Clark (musician)|Richard Clark]] in 1814,<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Clark |editor-first=Richard |editor-link=Richard Clark (musician) |date=1814 |title=The Words of the Most Favourite Pieces, Performed at the Glee Club, the Catch Club, and Other Public Societies |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GoZKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR13 |publication-place=London |publisher=printed by the Philanthropic Society for the editor |page=xiii}}</ref> and was also mentioned in a later article on the song, published by the ''Gentleman's Magazine'' in October 1836. Therein, it is presented as an "additional verse... though being of temporary application only... stored in the memory of an old friend... who was born in the very year 1745, and was thus the associate of those who heard it first sung", the lyrics given being:<ref name=clark>{{cite book|last=Clark|first=Richard |author-link=Richard Clark (musician) |title=An Account of the National Anthem Entitled God Save the King!|year=1822|publisher=W. Wright|location=London|pages=8–9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Py5DAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA8}}</ref>

{{poemquote|Lord, grant that Marshal Wade
May by thy mighty aid
Victory bring;
May he sedition hush,
and like a torrent rush
Rebellious Scots to crush!
God save the King!}}

The 1836 article and other sources make it clear that this verse was quickly abandoned after 1745 (Wade was replaced as Commander-in-Chief within a year following the Jacobite invasion of England), and it was certainly not used when the song became accepted as the British national anthem in the 1780s and 1790s.<ref>{{harvnb|Richards|2002|page=90}} "A fourth verse was briefly in vogue at the time of the rebellion, but was rapidly abandoned thereafter: God grant that Marshal Wade...etc"</ref><ref>"The history of God Save the King", ''[[The Gentleman's Magazine]]'', vol. 6 (new series), 1836, [https://archive.org/details/sim_gentlemans-magazine_1836-10_6/page/372/mode/2up p. 373]. "There is an additional verse... though being of temporary application only, it was but short-lived...[but]...it was stored in the memory of an old friend of my own... 'Oh! grant that Marshal Wade... etc.'"</ref> It was included as an integral part of the song in the ''Oxford Book of Eighteenth-Century Verse'' of 1926, although erroneously referencing the "fourth verse" to the ''Gentleman's Magazine'' article of 1745.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=3835950|title=The Oxford Book of Eighteenth-Century Verse|archive-date=4 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604055932/http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=3835950|url-status=dead}}{{ISBN?}}</ref>

On the opposing side, Jacobite beliefs were demonstrated in an alternative verse used during the same period:<ref>{{cite book| last=Groom|first=Nick|title=The Union Jack: the Story of the British Flag| publisher=Atlantic Books|year=2006 | pages=Appendix|isbn=1-84354-336-2|no-pp=true}}</ref>

{{poemquote|God bless the prince, I pray,
God bless the prince, I pray,
[[Charles Edward Stuart|Charlie]] I mean;
That Scotland we may see
Freed from vile [[Presbyterianism|Presbyt'ry]],
Both [[George II of Great Britain|George]] and his [[Frederick, Prince of Wales|Feckie]],
Ever so, Amen.}}

In May 1800, following an attempt to assassinate [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]] at London's Drury Lane theatre, playwright [[Richard Brinsley Sheridan|Richard Sheridan]] immediately composed an additional verse, which was sung from the stage the same night:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=1467537&partid=1|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130414103002/http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=1467537&partid=1|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 April 2013|title=The horrid assassin Is Hatfield, attempting to shoot the king in Drury Lane Theatre- on the 15th of May, 1800|publisher=British Museum|access-date=10 August 2012}} </ref><ref>{{cite book| last=Ford|first=Franklin L.|title=Political Murder: From Tyrannicide to Terrorism| publisher=Harvard University Press| year=1985| page=207|isbn=0-674-68636-5}}</ref>

{{poemquote|From every latent foe
From the assassin's blow
God save the King
O'er him Thine arm extend
For Britain's sake defend
Our father, king, and friend
God save the King!}}

Various other attempts were made during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to add verses to commemorate particular royal or national events. For example, according to Fitzroy Maclean, when Jacobite forces bypassed Wade's force and reached [[Derby]], but then retreated and when their garrison at [[Carlisle Castle]] surrendered to a second government army led by King George's son, the [[William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland|Duke of Cumberland]], another verse was added.<ref name="fn_1">{{cite book| last=Maclean|first=Fitzroy|title=Bonnie Prince Charlie|publisher=Canongate Books Ltd.|year=1989 | isbn=0-86241-568-3}} Note that the verse he quotes appears to have a line missing.</ref> Other short-lived verses were notably anti-French, such as the following, quoted in the book ''Handel'' by Edward J. Dent:<ref>See: [https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9089 etext 9089 at Project Gutenberg] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905163932/http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9089 |date=5 September 2020 }} and [https://www.fulltextarchive.com/page/Handel2/#p35 p35 at FullTextArchive.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021065949/http://www.fulltextarchive.com/page/Handel2/#p35 |date=21 October 2018 }}</ref>
{{poemquote|From France and Pretender
Great Britain defend her,
Foes let them fall;
From foreign slavery,
Priests and their knavery,
And Popish Reverie,
God save us all.}}

However, none of these additional verses survived into the twentieth century.{{sfn|Richards|2002|p=90}} Updated "full" versions including additional verses have been published more recently, including the standard three verses, Hickson's fourth verse, Sheridan's verse and the [[Marshal Wade]] verse.<ref>{{cite news|title=God Save the Queen – lyrics|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/1571287/God-Save-the-Queen-lyrics.html|newspaper=The Telegraph|access-date=9 August 2012|location=London|date=3 June 2012|archive-date=30 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730053708/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/1571287/God-Save-the-Queen-lyrics.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Should Welsh Olympics 2012 stars sing God Save the Queen anthem?|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/need-to-read/2012/07/27/should-welsh-olympics-2012-stars-sing-god-save-the-queen-91466-31487133/|publisher=Wales Online|access-date=9 August 2012|date=27 July 2012|archive-date=2 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120802155503/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/need-to-read/2012/07/27/should-welsh-olympics-2012-stars-sing-god-save-the-queen-91466-31487133/|url-status=live}}</ref>