> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of caeruleancentaur
> >Philip Newton <philip.newton@...> wrote:
>
> >many more people know the first verse of a given traditional song
than
> >will know any subsequent ones, whether it's Christmas carols or
> >children's songs or what-have-you.
>
> Under the category of "what-have-you" you can include the U.S.
national
> anthem. It has four verses, but I've never met anyone who knows
all
> four.
And some of us were forced to sing it every day in school, and still
don't know the words.