Re: CHAT: "La Bandera Estrellada"
| From: | John Cowan <cowan@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, August 7, 2000, 20:05 |
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On Fri, 4 Aug 2000, Roger Mills wrote:
> Although my world-wide survey is not complete, so far it appears that "The
> Star-Spangled Banner" is the only national anthem in 3/4 (waltz-time.)
Hey, that's right! Well, the melody is a drinking song, not a march.
I've been learning "To Anacreon In Heaven", the original (or at least
earlier) lyrics, and have gotten the first two verses cold so far.
--
John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
C'est la` pourtant que se livre le sens du dire, de ce que, s'y conjuguant
le nyania qui bruit des sexes en compagnie, il supplee a ce qu'entre eux,
de rapport nyait pas. -- Jacques Lacan, "L'Etourdit"