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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Not just a song that can be found in the archives, but one that almost everyone can hum, even today.

(Somebody asked what was meant by "today's...." Throw whatever you want out, somebody tossed out "Love me tender" as being a tune from in the 1860s.)

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[–] fubo@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago (3 children)

How many 1700s drinking songs does anyone know the tune of today? Well, there's "To Anacreon in Heaven", better known as "The Star Spangled Banner".

"Aura Lee" is from the 1860s, but the tune is better known today as Elvis's "Love Me Tender".

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

The guy who put that high note in a drinking song is one of my favorite humans.

[–] sparky@lemmy.federate.cc 2 points 4 months ago

Coincidentally, Elvis’ is only the second best song titled “Love Me Tender”. Nothing could ever be better than this absolute, uh, masterpiece

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Dirty Maggie Mae, they have taken her away!