Quote Originally Posted by RICHARD View Post
We did steal the music to "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" from the brits.......So, they may have a point?
It's not like that's our national anthem, and besides, that tune existed long before our country did, and t is in good musical tradition to borrow old tunes for new uses. The author of the tune is unknown, and it may originate in plainchant, but a 1619 attribution to John Bull is sometimes made. So no one is even sure who write the tune!