# To Anacreon in Heaven score?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 25, 2002, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anacreon-in-heaven-score/138765 "2002-11-25T22:08:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anacreon-in-heaven-score/138765/1 "2002-11-25T22:08:33Z")

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I’m kind of interested in the actual score of “To Anacreon in Heaven” (to which the tune of “The Star Spangled Banner” is based) along with the lyrics. That is to say, I have seen the lyrics, but I was wondering if anyone knew of how they went along with the song? I tried Google to no avail; maybe someone might know better? Thanks.

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**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anacreon-in-heaven-score/138765/2 "2002-11-25T22:18:01Z")

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Well, there are a coupla websites out there with the lyrics that also have a nice MIDI synthesized musicy thing. It really isn’t that hard to put it together- a pint of Guinness is very helpful.

Just punch “Anacreon in Heaven” into your friendly neighborhood search engine, and _voila_ links galore.

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**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anacreon-in-heaven-score/138765/3 "2002-11-25T22:20:31Z")

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I actually was using the Yahoo! search engine when I found it. The links take some picking through, though. A lot of them take you to the same sites as a lot of other ones. Also, the MSN search engine is generally very helpful when looking for things of this nature.

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**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anacreon-in-heaven-score/138765/4 "2002-11-25T22:36:42Z")

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[This site](http://glyfix.com/soa/anacreon.html) has the musical score with lyrics. I found it through [Cecil’s column](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_011.html) about the Star Spangled Banner.

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**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2002, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-anacreon-in-heaven-score/138765/5 "2002-11-26T04:09:34Z")

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That’s exactly what I needed; thanks!