tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post2875980690937637408..comments2024-03-29T07:17:26.082+00:00Comments on Tandleman's Beer Blog: Sing Something SimpleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-31902080141666374542009-09-10T13:29:53.083+01:002009-09-10T13:29:53.083+01:00It was better to watch and listen, especially the ...It was better to watch and listen, especially the Yanks who were clearly perplexed. Well they were US Army civilians.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-66977706268881217662009-09-10T13:23:26.920+01:002009-09-10T13:23:26.920+01:00Kraus is a nice place all-round - beers, ambience,...Kraus is a nice place all-round - beers, ambience, fellow drinkers and the Kraus family, and close to the railway station, which is not always the case between Bamberg and Forchheim.<br /> <br />I thought I remembered that the tune of God Save the Queen was used for another song in Germany, and according to Wikipedia, it was the melody for the first German (or Prussian?) national anthem, Heil dir im Siegerkranz. Apparently, other countries that have used the tune for their national or royal anthems at various times include Russia, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Sweden. The Americans were confused because it is also the melody of the United States patriotic hymn America.<br /><br />Tune-sharing goes on more than one might think. On the Dutch equivalent of Songs of Praise, a lot of the hymns are familiar, even though the words are in Dutch. And at the annual commemoration of the Battle of Arnhem, the participants sing Abide with Me, the English in English and the Dutch in Dutch - it's very moving. Perhaps you should have accompanied the German gentlemen by singing God Save the Queen while the Americans sang My Country, 'Tis of Thee!Chapnoreply@blogger.com