[free-sklyarov] Yet another Song
Rick Moen
rick at linuxmafia.com
Mon Jul 30 09:39:05 PDT 2001
begin Seth David Schoen quotation:
> So, Francis Scott Key wrote only the words, and not the melody, for
> "The Star-Spangled Banner". The tune is supposed to be based on an
> older song called "To Anacreon in Heaven".
A pub _drinking_ song, it should be noted.
Apparently, they had rather vocally agile pub-crawlers, in those days.
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