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From: fred@umcp-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Our National Anthem
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Date: Tue, 5-Jul-83 18:18:35 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul  5 18:18:35 1983
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	From: dee@cca

	"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.

``The Star Spangled Banner'' was written as a poem. Only after it
had been published was it discovered that it could be sung to the
tune of ``To Anacreon in Heaven''.