Why do we only sing the first verse of the "Star Spangled Banner"?

ozron · 03-27-2009, 11:36 AM

I've sung the Banner a few times, and I can tell you - as much as I love the song, it's just a bitch to sing! Some of the finest voices I've ever worked with have trouble getting through one verse, let alone four.

Now, about America the Beautiful. I sang three verses of this at a moment of silence gathering the week after 9/11.

"Thine alabaster cities gleam, undimmed by human tears!"

I almost lost it there...

03-27-2009, 11:36 AM	#22
ozron The once and former... Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 421	I've sung the Banner a few times, and I can tell you - as much as I love the song, it's just a bitch to sing! Some of the finest voices I've ever worked with have trouble getting through one verse, let alone four. Now, about America the Beautiful. I sang three verses of this at a moment of silence gathering the week after 9/11. "Thine alabaster cities gleam, undimmed by human tears!" I almost lost it there... __________________ http://www.portlandspirit.com/deadhusband.php
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