CORNISH: When the "Star-Spangled Banner" was put forward to be our national anthem, one of the concerns was that it was set to this English drinking song. But in the end, it triumphed over "Yankee ...

Most elementary school classes note that the music for “The Star-Spangled Banner” came from a British drinking song. But in his well-received book, historian Marc Ferris, author of “Star ...

The Star-Spangled Banner was vehemently opposed in certain ... it was 'a ribald, sensual drinking song'.") "Never," thundered the advertisement, "has Congress, and never will Congress, legalize ...

All the hoopla about the wonderful vocalist, Beyonce, lip or not lip synching our national anthem, made me think about the song itself. First and most obvious, the Star Spangled Banner is a song ...

It became a popular drinking song, despite the melody being tricky to sing ... This mix of the British composer’s music and the US lawyer’s lyrics became known as The Star-Spangled Banner and was ...

A few Sons of Harmony sent a Petition …" (Try singing it to the tune of "The Star-Spangled Banner.") Anacreon was a Greek poet. He was known, especially, for drinking songs and erotic poetry.

According to the Smithsonian, “The Star-Spangled Banner” was written in 1814 ... the poem was set to the tune of an old drinking song called “To Anacreon in Heaven” by John Stafford ...

Ask students to view the following group of three videos to hear Mark Clague talk about the meaning of the four verses, terms found within The Star-Spangled Banner, and song writing in early ...

So why does it keep happening? Well, in part because the song is notoriously difficult to sing. Why is the ‘Star-Spangled Banner’ so hard to sing? In short, the national anthem is so hard to ...

‘Oh, say can you see...’, goes ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’. But what are the words to the rest of the US national anthem? Discover the history and lyrics to the well-known anthem below. The music was ...