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To: John Will

Just saying that some of those “old tyme beloved hymns” we used to hear in church growing up may have started out as the 18th Century Rock Music. I do know the tune to The Star Spangled Banner was “Ode to Anacreon” (an English drinking song that celebrated drunken dissipation).


33 posted on 06/12/2009 3:12:29 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople
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To: MuttTheHoople

The music of “Amazing Grace” also came from a drinking song.


34 posted on 06/12/2009 3:19:23 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (Whoever coined the term "foolproof" underestimated the ingenuity and determination of fools.)
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