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Re:What went down on Wikipedia after Queen Elizabeth II's de... by chongli on Saturday September 10, 2022 @10:55PM (#32796453)
"My country, 'tis of thee" is an American song written by Samuel Francis Smith, an American Baptist Minister. Why would the UK use it as their national anthem?
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Re:What went down on Wikipedia after Queen Elizabeth II's de... by varyherb on Saturday September 10, 2022 @11:14PM (#32796518)
Perhaps some internet sarcasm is going over my head, but the lyrics are by Samuel Francis Smith. Its melody is the same as that of "God Save the Queen/King."
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Re:What went down on Wikipedia after Queen Elizabeth II's de... by btown on Saturday September 10, 2022 @11:18PM (#32796532)
Per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_(My_Country,_%27Tis_of... Smith wrote new lyrics to the melody from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Save_the_King .
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Re:What went down on Wikipedia after Queen Elizabeth II's de... by rendall on Sunday September 11, 2022 @12:41AM (#32796882)
That is confusing. Perhaps they liked it better than their previous national anthem The Stripe-Spangled Banner?
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