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Originally Posted by Thetagirl218
It was most likely a British song first; it got the history teacher in me, intrigued! I will investigate it tomorrow, I am too tired right now, and 6 am comes early!  |
According to Wikipedia, the person who wrote the lyrics to "My Country, Tis of Thee" didn't know that the melody was the same as the British National Anthem.
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A melody in Muzio Clementi's Symphony No. 3 caught his attention.
Smith wrote his own American patriotic hymn to the melody completing the lyrics in thirty minutes. He had never heard Clementi's symphony before and had no idea of its derivation or associations with the British national anthem, "God Save the King.
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I loved watching Jackie Chan singing a song!! Ahahaha. And that Beijing song is stuck in my head.
Was it just me or was the whole Leona Lewis performance off beat?