The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-07-04

wait for 4: and IS soon a. it dawned.
and before 10 was light snough - see
objects at a distance. his glasses ner.
turned IN the fort. uncertain whether
ne should see there the Stars and
Stripes or the flag OF the .nemy NJ
length the light came. and he saw hat
our nag was still there And IS the
day advanced ne from The
vem OF the boats between tn.
shore and the fleet, that the troops
had been roughly handled aud that
many wounded men We're carried 20
the ships AT length he was informed
that the attack on baltimore mad
failed hat the British army was re-
embarking and that he and MY Sklh-
ner and DIR Bea nes woulG be permitted
| to leave and go where they pleased ss
soon aS the troops were Oh oodiu anu
! the fleet ready 10 sail.
Written Amid Cannon Balls.
He then told me that unher ne eN-
! element OF the time he had Written
song. and t~hereupon handed me
printed copy ~ The Star ~Spansied
banner When | had read II and ~
dressed my admiration | asked hsin
how he found time in the scenes II"
had been passing through To oinpcse
such a song He said ne cHInmthN.I II
in the ferNor Of the NOM nj on the
deck Of the vessel when n SAN the
49,
and beheld again the flag n hao
watched for so ~9nNlouSly.
He said he had Written some ot The
lines on the back Of a letter when ae
happened to have in his pocket, D.
for the others. as he proceeded. h. was
obliged to rely altogether on his mem
ory. He finished composing the song
in the boat on his Nay to the shore,
and wrote it out. as 1t now STANDS, at
the hotel that night. Immediately arter
he reached Baltimore. he Sald tha' on
the next morning he took II 10 Judge
Nicholson to ask him what he hough
of if. and that the Judge was so pleas
ed with il that he Immediately sent II
TO a printer, and directed copies 10 De
struck off IN hand bill form. He be-
lie>ed. he said, that II was faNorantS
received by the Baltimore pubic.
Where the Tune Came From.
The air of .Anacreon in Heaven
was apted 10 the words "Ihe star
Spangled Banner" and so IT Is suns
to this dav. The music and WORDS OF
"Anacreon" We're current IN England
during the evolutionary War, ana the
song itself was published in a mum
her of American music books along
about the first of the last century ana
thereafter. SO that 1t was commonly
known in our country. The music 81
"Anacreon'' was adapted to dfterens
popular songs, and it can be traced
through a dozen or more, beginning
with 1877 and nding with lSls. bhe
form and meter is practically the same
as that Of The Star Spangled Ban
, ner.' | give the first verse:
ITO Anacreon in heaven, where ne Sa'
I in full glee.
A few sons Of Harmony sent a petl-
ton
That he their inspirer and patron
would be,
When this answer arrived from The
Jolly old Grecian:
Voice. fiddle and flute
No longer be mute,
IN lend We my name, and inspire ye
to boot:
And. besides. I'll instruct YOU. Ike me-
to tWi
The myrtle Of Venus with Bacchus'
Vine
The song was published as a broad
, side in September, 1914, ana u "p-
! peared after thai in many song DOCKS
although it was not genAcally loohel
upon as a national air for some years
thereafter.
FRANK G.. CARPENTER.
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