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To: Ferndina

You know the tune was an old tavern drinking song of that era?..................

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Anacreontic_Song


33 posted on 01/10/2023 7:10:42 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger
To Anachreon in Heaven--João Rocha

To Anachreon in heaven, where he sat in full glee,
A few sons of harmony sent a petition
That he their inspirer and patron would be,
When this answer came back from the jolly old Grecian:
"Voice, fiddle and flute no longer be mute!
I'll lend you my name and inspire you, to boot.
And besides, I'll instruct you, like me, to entwine
The myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's vine."

43 posted on 01/10/2023 7:28:38 AM PST by Fiji Hill
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