Here's some good old American ignorance for you.
I didn't know until last night that My Country, 'Tis of Thee, a song we sang at every elementary school assembly after pledging allegiance to the American flag, is actually to the tune of God Save the Queen, commonly used as the British national anthem.
Why didn't our teachers ever mention this?!
2 comments:
You were watching Jeopardy, weren't you? :)
Because music education programs are underfunded! :) A surprisingly large percentage of people don't even notice that the ABCs and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star use the same melody.
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