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From: dee@cca.UUCP (Donald Eastlake)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Our National Anthem
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Date: Sun, 3-Jul-83 09:51:13 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jul  3 09:51:13 1983
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"The Star-Spangled Banner" was written to the tune of a drinking song
called "To Anacreon in Heaven" with words by Ralph Tomlinson, Esq., and
music by John Stafford Smith.  The original was sung at the Crown Anchor
Tavern in the Strand around 1780 or so.

You to can have a copy of the complete words to this song (with guitar
cords), over 150 other songs related to fiction, science, fandom,
Tolkien, Star Trek, etc., and the complete script to an SF parody of
H.M.S. Pinafore, all for only $11 ($10 for the book plus $1 for
shipping), by purchasing a copy of "The NESFA Hymnal" from The New
England Science Fiction Associaton, PO Box G, MIT Branch Post Office,
Cambridge, MA 02139.

					Donald Eastlake
					dee@cca, decvax!cca!dee