DEEJAYKEG Posted February 15, 2015 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.10 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Posted February 15, 2015 I've been a drinker of wine for decades, an admirer of women for longer, a student of history for a long time and of music too so it was a true delight, this evening, to discover that the national anthem of the United States of America is, in fact, sung to the tune of an 18th Century English drinking song. The original lyrics are: To Anacreon in Heaven, where he sat in full glee,A few Sons of Harmony sent a petition;That he their Inspirer and Patron wou'd be;When this answer arrived from the Jolly Old Grecian;"Voice, Fiddle, and Flute,No longer be mute,I'll lend you my name and inspire you to boot,And besides I'll instruct you like me, to intwine,The Myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's Vine!" I also had not realised that The Star Spangled Banner was only adopted in 1931! So, enjoy the music and consider how something impressive was born of a humble drinking song. Also, the story suggests patience. Sometimes, one has to wait 150 years for the right tune to come along... CHEERS AMERICA! Source: http://www.colonialmusic.org/resources/faq-s/44-was-the-star-spangled-banner-really-an-old-drinking-song Sonovabich, Morris and JohnnyDos 3 Awards
little_old_man Posted February 15, 2015 Member ID: 1194 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 436 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 6692 Content Per Day: 1.21 Reputation: 11691 Achievement Points: 53094 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 76 Joined: 02/27/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 16, 2023 Birthday: 04/15/1960 Posted February 15, 2015 Francis Scott Key wrote the national anthem after a night of heavy drinking with British officers aboard that ship where he watched the battle of Baltimore that inspired the lyrics. It sounds like there must have been a lot of singing as well as drinking. Good video DJ. Morris 1 Awards
TheLastColdBeer Posted February 16, 2015 Member ID: 489 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 52 Topic Count: 553 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 4745 Content Per Day: 0.83 Reputation: 6058 Achievement Points: 42053 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 18 Joined: 09/22/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 23, 2024 Birthday: 01/09/1963 Device: Android Posted February 16, 2015 Yeah, I'm sure there was a lot of piss dribbled over the freeboard of English men o'war singing those ditties. Maybe one of these; It was God save the King (George III) then, think what could have been, had it not been for one monarch. Awards
Sonovabich Posted February 16, 2015 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1535 Topics Per Day: 0.27 Content Count: 5022 Content Per Day: 0.88 Reputation: 5197 Achievement Points: 131535 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 7 Device: Windows Posted February 16, 2015 (edited) Yeah, I'm sure there was a lot of piss dribbled over the freeboard of English men o'war singing those ditties. Maybe one of these; It was God save the King (George III) then, think what could have been, had it not been for one monarch. You have got to make allowances for the fact that George III contracted some illness that made him go insane (ain't all Royals, probably all that inter breeding ahem) when he pissed it was Green apparently https://scheong.wordpress.com/2011/06/06/a-monarchs-madness-king-george-and-his-porphyria/ Edited February 16, 2015 by Sonovabich
Sonovabich Posted February 16, 2015 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1535 Topics Per Day: 0.27 Content Count: 5022 Content Per Day: 0.88 Reputation: 5197 Achievement Points: 131535 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 7 Device: Windows Posted February 16, 2015 It seems we English give everyone ideas for their National Anthems lol
DEEJAYKEG Posted February 16, 2015 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.10 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Author Posted February 16, 2015 (edited) It seems we English give everyone ideas for their National Anthems lol The melody was composed by Austrian Joseph Haydn in 1797. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/159893/Deutschlandlied [Edit to correct typo.] Edited February 16, 2015 by DEEJAYKEG Awards
DEEJAYKEG Posted February 16, 2015 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.10 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Author Posted February 16, 2015 We do share something in common with Liechtenstein, SOB... and old Imperial Germany too! Sonovabich 1 Awards
Sonovabich Posted February 16, 2015 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1535 Topics Per Day: 0.27 Content Count: 5022 Content Per Day: 0.88 Reputation: 5197 Achievement Points: 131535 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 7 Device: Windows Posted February 16, 2015 The melody was composed by Austrian Joseph Haydn in 1797. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/159893/Deutschlandlied [Edit to correct typo.] I believe Haydn was in England drinking with some sailors when he thought this tune up Keggy
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