Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!microsof!fluke!ssc-vax!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!ariel!hou5f!hou5a!hou5d!hou5e!jjm From: jjm@hou5e.UUCP Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Our National Anthem Message-ID: <615@hou5e.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Jul-83 09:53:20 EDT Article-I.D.: hou5e.615 Posted: Fri Jul 1 09:53:20 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Jul-83 11:56:58 EDT Lines: 15 There was an ad in a newspaper I saw this morning that had all three stanzas of our national anthem. I don't think I had ever heard the second or third stanza before... As I remember my American History from grade school, Francis Scott Key wrote The Star Spangled Banner based on an old English drinking song. (Possibly a bawdy drinking song.) Does anyone out there have the original words to the song, or are they no longer known? Jim McParland ABI - HO hou5e!jjm