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I still hate that awful song.
Our national anthem is bad enough, but fine, tradition and all that. And they cut it off so we don't sing the really tedious parts or the pro-slavery verse at least.
I think we should have two national anthems... Yankee Doodle and John Brown's Body. Better. And both more rousing than God Bless America or the Star Spangled Banner.
Literally, if we?re going to keep the not that easy to sing ?The Star Spangled Banner? as the national anthem, I think Congress should disavow the third verse.
In a better world where ?The Star Spangled Banner? remains the national anthem the fourth verse would be what we sing. Like byco said, if the national anthem went away before sporting events, it wouldn?t change my life much.