Interesting Question of the Day – 20 March 2019

To Anacreon in Heaven was an 18th Century drinking song sung by the members of a gentlemen’s club in London.

It is also the tune of what national anthem.

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7 thoughts on “Interesting Question of the Day – 20 March 2019

  1. Francis Scott Key adapted it making the first line: “O say do you see by the dawn’s early light” etc. to make what eventually (1935?) became the o0fficial US anthem. It describes the bombardment etc. of a fort near Washington during the War of 1812), where the flag stayed flying all night.

    1. A relatively unimportant battle in a war they didn’t win.

      Still the national anthem.

      1. Ah, Mr Campbell from Fifth Form Music class would be most disappointed in my current ability to read sheet music!

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