You know, that's what the first line of the Star Spangled Banner sounds like. Although that would make it so pro-immigration. It really says "Oh Say", but one might wonder if Jose could see it. Many people get the lyrics to the song wrong:
Christina Aguilera turned "O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming" into "what so proudly we watched at the twilight's last [unintelligible lyric]." (PopEater.com)
And Cyndi Lauper has missed the line before. (EW.com)
Jose Feliciano gave his own rendition in 1968. And of course Jimi Hendrix gave an interesting interpretation in 1969. (InfoPlease.com)
But now, Indiana State Senator Vaneta Becker (R-Evansville), want to make a law. She has introduced a bill that would set specific “performance standards” for singing and playing “The Star-Spangled Banner” at any event sponsored by public schools and state universities. (PamsHouseblend) Because of course that is more important than potholes or the state budget. It more important to set guidelines to require that the national anthem be sung with the usual lyrics to the traditional melody — “the way that we normally have it sung or heard throughout most of our state and our country,” or face a $25 fine.
Well, that will give proof that it is still there, right?
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