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Originally posted by scratchy:
I salute the Anthem when wearing cover. America the Beautiful is a nice song.

Yes, it is. Many persons think it should be the National Anthem. One reason we stand in honor of The Star-Spangled Banner is that it's in 3/4 time and can't be marched to (as other countries do to their Anthems). I think everyone should also know the words to the 2nd stanza:

Oh, thus be it ever
When Freemen shall stand
Between their loved homes
and the war's delsolation.
Blest with victory and peoce
May the Heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made
And preserved us a nation.

Then conquer we must,
When our cause it is just,
And this be our motto:
In God is our trust.

And the star-spangled banner
In triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free
And the home of the brave.

(Some say it's the 4th verse--I learned it as the 2nd verse. Some say it's too military. Fie on them.)

flashguy

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Originally posted by ridgerat:

It's 'Take Me Out to The Ball Game.'

Correct. Written in 1908, by a couple of guys, neither of whom had been to a pro baseball game prior to writing the song.