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GoneOffShore

(17,337 posts) Mon Dec 12, 2022, 05:06 AM Dec 2022

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

nightwing1240

(1,996 posts)

1. So........

Reply to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Mon Dec 12, 2022, 06:28 AM

Dec 2022

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

Hekate

(90,565 posts)

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

Reply to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Mon Dec 12, 2022, 07:19 AM

Dec 2022

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.

AwakeAtLast

(14,124 posts)

3. The American version is named

Reply to GoneOffShore (Original post)

Tue Dec 13, 2022, 12:24 AM

Dec 2022

America

Creative, huh?

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