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Originally Posted by larryn
I said that the tune was added later, but NEVER mentioned when that tune was done - I did educate that it was a British tune that already existed. So, not sure why I'm wrong there... Key wrote the poem about a battle he witnessed, as I also said. He did not put the tune to it. The mating of the poem and the tune were done later and not by Key. Also, again, it was not written as a slve song, national anthem or anything of the sort. It was anout a battle. Presumably, Scott witnessed both slaves and hirelings (company men) using the battle as an opportunity to flee preceived debt.
Thanks for filling in a piece that the tune was from earlier. It was actually named "To Anacreon in Heaven" and was first heard in 1791 in London in a music based gentlemen's club.
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My fault, I'm a little ADD and have no idea why I tried correcting you.