Re: Awards and ANthems(and now some background) [OT] [HIST]

At 02:24 PM 10/22/98 +0100, you wrote:
>On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Los wrote:
>>Why the hell would Americans or Canadians want "God Save the Queen"?
>
>unlike the europeans in the fse (and see my earlier remark re 'ode to
>joy' being the current, anational, euro-tune), the yanks don't really
get
>a choice in this matter. anyway, god save the queen is the commonwealth
>anthem, and canada is still in that.
>
>Tom

Besides, didn't we take the tune and rewrite the words to produce one of
our own patriotic songs ("My Country Tis of Thee") over here?

Might it not be safe to assume that the NAC might use the same music
with
different words which provide more common ground?

Jeff