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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Francis "Fox" Key #74908 07/04/02 11:18 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... W Wordwind OP Carpal Tunnel OP Wordwind Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Well, I just found a site reference showing the Mr. Key himself changed the words from time to time: Immediately popular, it remained just one of several patriotic airs until it was finally adopted as the national anthem on March 3, 1931. But the actual words were not included in the legal documents. Key himself had written several versions with slight variations so discrepancies in the exact wording still occur. http://www.ecwa.asn.au/info/lyrics.html#The Edit: I just changed my spelling to the correct spelling of Key. Not that anybody except Wof and I care... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Independence Day Wordwind 07/04/02 03:14 AM Re: Independence Day stales 07/04/02 06:51 AM Re: Independence Day TEd Remington 07/04/02 08:18 AM Re: Independence Day Wordwind 07/04/02 09:30 AM Beaver regards???? TEd Remington 07/04/02 03:55 PM Re: Beaver regards???? Wordwind 07/04/02 04:48 PM Post deleted by Geoff Geoff 07/04/02 02:33 PM Re: Independence Day modestgoddess 07/04/02 02:58 PM Re: Independence Day consuelo 07/04/02 03:23 PM Wishes from over the Pond FishonaBike 07/04/02 10:37 AM Re: Wishes from over the Pond milum 07/04/02 12:46 PM Re: Wishes from over the Pond wwh 07/04/02 12:55 PM Re: Wishes from over the Pond FishonaBike 07/04/02 01:44 PM The National Anthem Wordwind 07/04/02 02:31 PM Re: The National Anthem FishonaBike 07/04/02 02:59 PM Re: The National Anthem wwh 07/04/02 03:06 PM Re: The National Anthem Wordwind 07/04/02 03:35 PM Re: The National Anthem FishonaBike 07/04/02 09:19 PM a pet peeve wofahulicodoc 07/04/02 10:15 PM Re: Class Pedant Wordwind 07/04/02 11:09 PM Francis "Fox" Key Wordwind 07/04/02 11:18 PM the [b]the[/b] question wofahulicodoc 07/04/02 11:19 PM Re: the [b]the[/b] question Wordwind 07/04/02 11:24 PM Re: the [b]the[/b] question Buffalo Shrdlu 07/05/02 01:00 AM Re: the [b]the[/b] question Wordwind 07/05/02 01:47 AM Re: the [b]the[/b] question modestgoddess 07/05/02 02:14 AM Re: the [b]the[/b] question FishonaBike 07/05/02 08:53 AM Re: the [b]the[/b] question jmh 07/05/02 10:15 AM Re: the [b]the[/b] question FishonaBike 07/05/02 10:51 AM Re: the [b]the[/b] question dodyskin 07/08/02 11:25 AM Re: the [b]the[/b] question modestgoddess 07/08/02 02:32 PM Re: the [b]the[/b] question Vernon Compton 07/05/02 11:15 AM Re: the an[b]the[/b]m question lukaszd 07/05/02 11:36 AM World Cup FishonaBike 07/05/02 11:44 AM Preferred Anthems FishonaBike 07/05/02 11:54 AM Re: Preferred Anthems RhubarbCommando 07/05/02 12:44 PM Re: Preferred Anthems wofahulicodoc 07/05/02 03:19 PM Re: God Save The Queen/ My Country --etc wow 07/06/02 12:35 PM Re: God Save the King / My Country armor 07/06/02 02:28 PM Re: God Save the King / My Country wow 07/06/02 05:28 PM Re: the [b]the[/b] question Buffalo Shrdlu 07/05/02 02:39 AM Re: the [b]the[/b] question milum 07/05/02 03:53 AM Re: Wishes from over the Pond RhubarbCommando 07/05/02 10:41 AM Re: Wishes from over the Pond FishonaBike 07/05/02 10:47 AM Re: Wishes from over the Pond Wordwind 07/05/02 11:07 AM Congressional voice for DC TEd Remington 07/05/02 01:18 PM Re: Congressional voice for DC Wordwind 07/05/02 02:24 PM Re: Congressional voice for DC Rosten 07/05/02 02:32 PM Re: Congressional voice for DC modestgoddess 07/05/02 04:54 PM Re: Congressional voice for DC wwh 07/05/02 05:03 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,361 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 647 guests, and 0 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 22 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,557 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,919 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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