Date: 02 Apr 92 19:17:00 From: Bob Clarke To: John O'meara Subj: Re: Carolina in the Morn | Imagine if WE owned the copyright to 'Star Spangled thingy'. . . Well, John, I imagine it's in the public domain. Good thing, too. The Brits would probably be hauling in the Yankee dollars since most of it was written aboard a British vessel. I'm sure you'll learn that in the following ANSI screen and tune I'll follow this message up with. BTW, since you know more about downunder than I, I'll leave the Ozzie flag design up to you (and the collections of huge royalties). Caution! If you do not have the ANSI.SYS driver loaded in your CONFIG.SYS or you just plain don't like ANSI music they you'd best press 'n' at the _more?_ prompt that follows: ÄÒÄ · Ö ÒÄ· ÖÄ· ÄÒÄ ÖÄ· ·Ä·  ÖÄ· ÒÄ· ÖÄ· ·Ä· ÖÄ· · ·Ä·  ÒÄ· º ÇĶ ÇÄ ÓÄ· º ÇĶ ǽ  ÓÄ· ÇĽ ÇĶ º º º Ò º ÇÄ  º º Ð ½ Ó ÐĽ ÓĽ Ð ½ Ó Ð \  ÓĽ Ð ½ Ó Ð Ð ÓĽ ÓĽ ÐĽ  ÐĽÒÄ· ÖÄ· ÒÄ· ÒÄ· ÒÄ· ÒÄ·ÇĶ ÇĶ º º º  º ÇÄ Ç½ÐĽ ½ Ó Ð Ð Ð Ð ÐĽ Ð \ú On the morning of September 13, 1814, ³ ú ú ú úÜÜÜÜduring the War of 1812, Franc is Scott Key ³ ú ú ú ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ boarded a British warship in Chesapeake ³ ú ú ú úÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜBay under a flag of truc e. His mission was ³ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ to secure the release of a civilian held ³ ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜßÜÜÜÜprisoner, b ut once aboard he was unable to ³ÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜÜ ÜÜÜleave because the fleet had begun its  ³ßßßßßßßßßßßßßattack on Ft. McHenry. The bo mbardardment ³lasted 25 hours. When the smoke   °± ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ²±°ÞÛÛhad cleared the fo llowing morning,  ÞKey l ooked at the fort to discover ÝÞ Ý Ý Ý Ý Ý  that it had not surrendered; that  °±² ²±°Þ"our flag was still there." H e be-  gan scribbling a poem and  completed Ý ³ ³ ³ ³ ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ  it by the time he got to shore. On Ý   Bob ClarkeMarch 3, 1931, it  became our official national anthem.    (C) 1992 FMNT120O3L8F. L16DO2L4BO3L4DL4FL2B-O4L8D.L16C O3L4B-L4DL4E L2FL8FF FO4L4D. L8C O3L4B- L2A L8GA L4B-L4B-L4F L4D O2 B. O3L8F.L16D FO2L4B O3L4DL4F L2B-O4L8D.L16C O3L4B-L4DL4E L2F L8FF FO4L4D.L8C O3L4B- L2AL8GA L4B-L4B-L4F L4D O2L4B. O4L8D D FL4DL4E-L4F L2FL8E-D L4CL4DL4E- L2E-L4E- FL4D.L8C O3L4B- L2AL8G.L16A L4B-L4DL4EL2F FL8FF L4B-L4B-L8B-A L4GL4GL4G O4L4CL8E-DL8C O3L8B- L4B-.AL8FF FL4B-. O4L8CL8DE- L2F O3L8B- O4L8C L4D.L8EL4C O3L2B-