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June 18, 2014 01:25 pm PDT
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Listen to the 18th-century drinking song that inspired "The Star-SpangledBanner"
Written by John Stafford Smith, "To Anacreon in Heaven", it was the theme song for a gentlemen's society dedicated to love of wine, women, and song. You can listen to a recording of it at the Smithsonian site.
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