[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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