Originally Posted by
ClearLight 
...in the United States our national anthem is just a terrible song. Nobody knows the words and the melody is so poor. And most people don't even know what the song is about. But we all stand there and mumble our way through it.
Wow, you and I must know totally different folks. Most of the folks I know, or with whom I'm even mildly acquainted, know at least the first verse be heart, and some know the second also.........and none of us mumble; and we know what it's about. Oh, and the tune.....? Blame the brits; the melody was written by a British composer.
(o: