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Originally Posted by yubba
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That song was written by an Englishman John Newton.
Furthermore Memorial Day is an American holiday Oberon and Tribesman are not Americans.
You should have said if your are a US citizen you had better remember why you get next Monday off.What disgusts me is that is in the US many retailers choose to have sales on Memorial Day and the weekend leading up to it that sends the wrong message.
http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1...w=1680&bih=935
For the UK and former Commonwealth they have Remembrance Day.
Why is everyone forgetting Francis Scott Key may I ask what about that poem and later song?There you have direct relation yet everyone thinks of a song written in 1959 when the US national anthem lyrics where inspired by an event during the War of 1812 of course it did not become the national anthem until 1931.
Furthermore Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture was written in 1880 while the music for The Star-Spangled Banner was written in 1780 making The Star-Spangled Banner the most closely related to the War of 1812 or or 1812 for that matter.1812 Overture is a very good piece of music though.