Archive for June 13th, 2009
Stupid: Let’s dump the “Star-Spangled Banner”!!1!
Saturday, June 13th, 2009The melody is lifted from an old English drinking song. The lyrics are all about bombs and war and bloodshed — and not in a good way. By the penultimate verse, the song has turned really nasty: “No refuge could save the hireling and slave/From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave.” […]