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still lookin 4 the face i had b4 the world was made traveler at afn.org
Wed May 7 13:40:36 CDT 1997


On 7 May 1997, Dan Schmidt wrote:
> This may be common knowledge, but the tune Ethelmer plays, "To
> Anacreon in Heaven," which "would be martial but for its Tempo, being
> more that of a Minuet,--- thirty--two Measures in all---", containing
> a "Phrase ascending like a Sky-Rocket," is of course the British
> drinking song whose music Francis Scott Key ripped off for "The
> Star-Spangled Banner."  No Joak, foax.

The "Sky-Rocket" reference had me suspecting as much...

Max

 M a x i m u s  D a v i d  C l a r k e | There's a lot of bullshit in
          http://www.afn.org/~traveler | rock 'n' roll, but some of 
                 "Surrealist-At-Large" | the bullshit is pretty
                      traveler at afn.org | cool.  --Bono





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