tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post7366277085116947614..comments2024-02-05T03:41:13.688+01:00Comments on Mikeb302000: Flag Day - cross posted from PenigmaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-51032222898041395782012-06-14T22:28:44.088+02:002012-06-14T22:28:44.088+02:00Of course you know that our national anthem was pi...Of course you know that our national anthem was pilfered from a "drinking" song, To Anacreon In Heaven. <br />Here's a version of the song: http://youtu.be/ydAIdVKv84g<br />The 4 and one half stanza range of the piece made it quite a challenge to sing, especially when when half soused. It was a drinking game..if you were challenged to sing it and failed, you had to buy everyone a round.<br />I am some how the product of the author of the lyrics...Francis Scott Key's daughter married my great great grand father, a fellow known as Roger Brook Taney who had something to do with the causes of the Civil War...but that's another story.microdothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01564820031343630871noreply@blogger.com