Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!cca!dee From: dee@cca.UUCP (Donald Eastlake) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: Our National Anthem Message-ID: <5067@cca.UUCP> Date: Sun, 3-Jul-83 09:51:13 EDT Article-I.D.: cca.5067 Posted: Sun Jul 3 09:51:13 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Jul-83 13:44:53 EDT References: hou5e.615 Lines: 15 "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