The Pynchon-l Post Mark'd West

[Todd Meigs]

I have a Negativeland album at home where a recording of what sounds like a
barbershop quartet sing "To Anacreon in Heav'n" to the Nat'l anthem tune. 
The N. "song" (a collection of sound bites) is a diatribe on how Francis
Scott Key stold the tune from a greek poet (or something like that).  I'll
get details on the album and post them on Monday.

TM
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> From: Sherwood, Harrison <hsherwood at btg.com>
> To: 'pynchon-l at waste.org'
> Subject: The Pynchon-l Post Mark'd West
> Date: Friday, June 20, 1997 1:27 PM

(snip)
> 
> And while we're on the Topick, has anyone ever actually been able to
> sing "To Anacreon in Heav'n" to the tune of the Natural Anthem? (Or I
> guess that should really be the other way around...) I found the lyrix
> once on the Net (alt.folklore.urban archives, I think?) and for the life
> of me I couldn't make them scan. I'd be rushing lines to make 'em fit,
> stretching out others in ridiculous melismas. I think somebody made the
> whole thing up.