[Dixielandjazz] UK and July 4 -- AND THAT AIN'T ALL WE STOLE!!!

[David Richoux]

Not a yarn at all -

The poem was set to the tune of a popular British drinking song,  
written by John Stafford Smith for the Anacreontic Society, a men's  
social club in London. "The Anacreontic Song" (or "To Anacreon in  
Heaven"), set to various lyrics, was already popular in the United  
States.

Lyrics are here: http://www.potw.org/archive/potw234.html

If you can sing it properly, you are not drunk enough (the true test  
of all drinking songs... ;-)

Dave RIchoux
On Jun 25, 2009, at 10:52 AM, will connelly wrote:

> pj.ladd wrote:
>
> Hey, Pat, I believe the yarn that the music for The Star Spangled  
> Banner was an English drinking song . . . though God only knows how  
> anyone could sing it while
> loaded when it's such a bitch sober!
> kindly,
> will
>
>> substituting Our Kingdom Shines Brightly" for "America Shines  
>> Bright" >>
>>
>> C`mon Will,
>> you have already pinched God Save the Queen`, let it go...let it go
>>
>> Pat
>>
>>
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