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Corillan
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Corillan asked in Politics & GovernmentOther - Politics & Government · 2 decades ago

Does anyone else know the National Anthem was borrowed??

The Words may be original, but not the tune. The Tune was borrowed from England called "Anacreon in Heaven."

Go here for the origin of the Tune: http://www.bcpl.net/~etowner/anacreon.html

Then adapted to the Queen of England: http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/qu...

This ALL well before the tune was used to F.S. Keys' Poem. Truth be told, our National Anthem may really be a Poem; not a song.

Go here for THAT story: http://www.gbjann.com/anthem/history.htm

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  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago
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    It still can't be sung properly unless you are drunk.

  • shakeragroad_2000
    Lv 4
    2 decades ago

    I knew this in sixth grade.

  • okayokayokay
    Lv 5
    2 decades ago

    a drinking song?

  • DmanLT21
    Lv 5
    2 decades ago

    They tell you that in middle school... I think...lol Well, I did know that... idk, about everyone else.

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