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To: Bahbah

I agree but did you also notice that they sing the PC version in part where they sing “let us live to make men free”, in the actual song it is “let us die to make men free.” Just a stickler.


18 posted on 06/27/2009 4:49:48 PM PDT by engrpat (A village in Kenya is missing their idiot...lets send him back)
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To: engrpat

Yes, I noticed.

When they sang it for the Pope on his White House visit, they used the correct, non-PC version. I was happy about that.


25 posted on 06/27/2009 5:17:43 PM PDT by Bahbah
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To: engrpat

I noticed that, too. “Let us die to make men free” is very important historical context for the song as it was written by Juliet Ward Howe as part of the abolitionist movement. The funny thing is that they put the correct lyric on the screen.


31 posted on 06/27/2009 6:13:27 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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