That said, I would rather see "America the Beautiful" (to the tune 'Materna', the standard one) as our National Anthem.I'm torn between the nature of the lyrics in "America the Beautiful" which IMHO overshadows, by far, with approprate and singable subject matter. I'd much rather "crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shinning sea" than sing praises of "the land of the free and the home of the brave", but, I digress. On the other hand - where else does one get to sing about "ramparts" and things "gallantly streaming"? The harmony of both fall into the same "category" (if you will) but the melody of SSB is so much more dynamic (because of its *shape and range) and takes one on a bit of a journey...
Being hard to sing will never be a good reason.
It is good to *see you, BYB.
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I *hate when they do it wrong (which is most of the time)!!!I *sense a little prescriptionist eeking its way into your psyche...
