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  • #16
    "Hey, anybody know where the music to the Star Spangled Banner came from?"

    IIRC, it was a British song...a rather saucy song, I think. It was another way to thumb our noses at the British by setting our National Anthem to one of their "saucy" songs.

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    • #17
      As for the actual name of the song...no idea.:ermm

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      • #18
        I know it originally has four verses, and it wasn't officialy made our anthem until the 1920's or 1930's
        Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

        Abusing Yellow is meant to be a labor of love, not something you sell to the highest bidder.

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        • #19
          1931, written by Francis Scott Key in 1814 :)

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          • #20
            It all goes a bit wrong after the first few opening bars :)
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            • #21
              Originally posted by naocman
              "Hey, anybody know where the music to the Star Spangled Banner came from?"

              IIRC, it was a British song...a rather saucy song, I think. It was another way to thumb our noses at the British by setting our National Anthem to one of their "saucy" songs.
              I heard it was a bar song or something.
              "Every man has his weakness. Mine was always just cigarettes."

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