[Publius]

The heat is still on. It won’t break below 100 until November. I go from my air conditioned apartment to my air conditioned car to my air conditioned destination.

[Publius]

This is the original melody. It was the theme song of London's Anacreontic Society, a drinking club. There were also gentlemen's clubs like the Wig Club and the Hellfire Society, but we don't mention their activities in front of the fairer sex.

Its subject matter is a debate between Bacchus and Anacreon, and it ran for an interminable 12 verses. This is a mercifully cut down version. You can imagine the members chafing at hearing this song when they could be imbibing.

It's in 3/4 minuet tempo -- one-and-two-and-three-and- -- and our modern version removes the weak beats, dotting the strong beats. The fourths were sharpened for our modern version.

"To Anacreon in Heaven"

[Kathy in Alaska]

Above 100 until November...I’m afraid I might melt.