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Shanalir
Joined: 27 Feb 2005
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 Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 8:01 pm Post subject: To Anacreon in Heaven |
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For all of you U.S. natives, and anyone else who's interested:
We know that the tune for our national anthem, "The Star Spangled Banner," was taken from an old English drinking song entitled "To Anacreon in Heaven." I, for one, have always wondered what the lyrics to the original song were.
Well, for anyone interested, here they are!!!!!
http://www.mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=7357
*Wanders off trying to figure out the flow of the original lyrics.....*
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NancyBrooke
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Ahhh ... Mudcat. That is a great site, in particular for having all of the lyrics to "The Frozen Logger," a family favorite including masochism, death by exposure, and dismemberment! Just like mommy used to sing ...
Sometimes I think Drinking songs were once all that there were ... a lot of my college's songs were based on drinking songs and we just don't sing those verses ... 
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MaglorRedeemed
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Thanks a lot. I really like that song, only having heard it a couple times, and I'm glad to know how it goes now!
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