Mon Dec 12, 2022, 05:06 AM

Origin of My Country Tis of Thee

Fascinating origin of the tune "God Save the King/Queen", which is also "My Country Tis of Thee"..... it was originally composed by Lully for Louis XIV, so it's French in origin!!!
Particularly weird that it was written to celebrate the king's recovery from surgery ....for an anal fistula.

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Origin of My Country Tis of Thee (Original post)	GoneOffShore	Dec 2022	OP
So........	nightwing1240	Dec 2022	#1
And is the tune of the Hawai'i State Anthem and before that the Hawai'i National Anthem...	Hekate	Dec 2022	#2
The American version is named	AwakeAtLast	Dec 2022	#3

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Mon Dec 12, 2022, 06:28 AM

nightwing1240 (1,852 posts)

1. So........

....America took it from the British who had taken it from the French lol pretty cool if you ask me.

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Mon Dec 12, 2022, 07:19 AM

Hekate (82,924 posts)

2. And is the tune of the Hawai'i State Anthem and before that the Hawai'i National Anthem...

One source says ”reminiscent of” God Save the King, and of a Prussian song, but I always thought it was the same as the British and American one. That ditty got around.

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Tue Dec 13, 2022, 12:24 AM

AwakeAtLast (13,950 posts)

3. The American version is named

America

Creative, huh?

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