To Anacreon In Heaven (acapella)

An old recording of the Anacreotic song I've had lying around on my drive. Please tell me if you know who the singers are!
Also, I have the sheet music for this if anyone is interested!

[@TiffanyPlaysOwO]

LOOOLLL SO I'VE BEEN SINGING A DRINKING SONG EVERY MORNING IN CLASS SINCE KINDERGARTEN!?! LOOOOLLL!

[@daveswan4746]

This is, indeed Oak Ash & Thorn. One of the voices is mine. This was recorded at the Freight and Salvage in Berkeley in the early 1980's. We appeared as a four man trio in those days. Dale Hill, Doug Olsen, Mitchell Sandler, Dave Swan

[@jederknuller]

Cool, nicely sung! I tried to write down the arrangement as close as i could and sang it with some friends some years ago.

[@disneydanny2]

+Dave Swan since there are 6 verses to the song. how did the group decide which 2 to use?

[@Serai3]

Are you guys still together? Are you ever going to get your hinies down to the SoCal to sing for us?

[@dougolsen5674]

OAT is in hibernation/abeyance right now. Our recordings are available on the website oakashthorn dot com. Including a recent compilation 2-CD set called Oak Ash & Thorn: Forty Years On.

[@Ohaefi]

I wish there was another option besides PayPal... O.o and I want them all! And the songbook!

[@tbolin91]

To Anacreon in Heav'n, where he sat in full glee, A few Sons of Harmony sent a petition; That he their Inspirer and Patron wou'd be; When this answer arrived from the Jolly Old Grecian; "Voice, Fiddle, and Flute, No longer be mute, I'll lend you my name and inspire you to boot, And besides I'll instruct you like me, to intwine, The Myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's Vine."

[@user-rq8zi9be1u]

A Anacreon en parade, don el seter en pen alegre, Un pogo Fils de Armone, envar un petito,

[@United_States_Of_America_1776]

I'll drink to that. 🍺

[@th33ninja]

The anthem is based off a drinking song. xD

[@thedenmeister6414]

I feel I should make an Murica joke.

[@samuelkerr7292]

a song made for a london gentlemans club

[@chopsueykungfu]

The Royal Family were german at the time, so it is appropriate.

[@joeyfitz9]

Oh geez.

[@withlessAsbestos]

A drinking song about being a player

[@jrcadet4]

The vocalists are the singing group Oak, Ash & Thorn, and this was recorded (appropriately) in a tavern...!

[@SuperMarioJustin4]

Wait, we were secretly singing a BRITISH DRINKING SONG?! My whole world is upside down!

[@CosmicDalmatian]

Are you australian?

[@derpbear1237]

Our country tis of thee is the same as god save the queen (british national anthem)

[@mr.communist3906]

derpbear ...which is the same as Grand dieu sauve le roi (French God save the King)

[@dvferyance]

@@derpbear1237 And the national anthem of Litchinstein.

[@joangordon3376]

No you are not singing a traditional English drinking song - you are only using the tune. Maybe you could sing and harmonise The Star Spangled Banner as the first rendition. So much better than the usually awful wittering and wailing of the usual soloists. Only Whitney Houston could get away singing round the actual tune

[@EddieMillerStudios]

I love the "PLAY BALL!!!” at the end!

[@thetickedoffpianoplayer4193]

I thought they said play ball. Lol.

[@blinkvideo]

There are so many versions of the Anacreotic song on KZbin, this is the most authentic version I've heard! Thanks!

[@TiffanyPlaysOwO]

One of the versions is our anthem.

[@fransturgess7595]

How fun to find this on July 4 2015. We loved going to the old Freight and Salvage back when OAT would perform and we could sing and drink along. Of course not to excess. Though they held the record for the most beer sold of an evening

[@proulxmontpellier]

Same with the Dutch anthem: it was built upon a satiric French song against the Protestant at the time of the Religion Wars.

[@miscellaneoussarnian5282]

proulxmontpellier what was the song called?

[@proulxmontpellier]

@@miscellaneoussarnian5282 La Chanson de Chartres. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZiodHSjqaZ1e68

[@me3883]

Невероятно!!!😮 Пришлось проверить. Офигеть! Музыка американского гимна - это старая британская застольная песня. Особенно понравились слова про миртовое дерево Венеры, обвитое лозой Бахуса! Так очень поэтично о трахе на пьяную голову 😂

[@YulianNoldor]

it was not stealing in our today´s understanding - using known melodies was a quite common phaenomena. In fact ,barely any song of that time in the will not have a melody originally written in Europe

[@SWLinPHX]

We also co-opted "God Save The King/Queen" for "My Country 'Tis Of Thee" so nothing new.

[@janetwinter7774]

This is a version recorded by a group called Oak, Ash & Thorn. The members are Dave Swan, Doug Olsen, Tom Wagner, and sometimes Dale Hill and Mitchell Sandler? Where's the mugs of beer?

[@Rikard_A]

Wine, not beer.

[@Eldenath]

It's an old folk group, no longer together. They used to perform at Renaissance Faires, they were called: Oak, Ash, and Thorne. I believe this was from their Out On A Limb album.

[@KellyLincoln]

they also performed at the Charles Dickens Christmas Fair as well

[@Eldenath]

@@KellyLincoln Yep, I used to be a part of Dickens before I moved away from the area.

[@KellyLincoln]

@@Eldenath did you ever do the fair at the FOX/Oakland? I was the Toy Soldier. "Gender bent" at the Cow Palace

[@Eldenath]

@@KellyLincoln I must have missed that one, sorry. Would love to see a picture.

[@CaliAllyE]

Dave: Was just going to write that! Glad you got here first!

[@devinwaldner5377]

I really loved hearing this song, than you for posting on you tube.

[@eecordray]

The group is Oak Ash and Thorn and yes it was recorded at the Freight and Salvage in Berkeley. It was originally release on vinyl on "Out on a Limb" and is currently available on their CD "Oak, Ash & Thorn." Their website is: oakashthorn.com

[@ksol1460tv]

This rendition was used by Proctor and Bergman of Firesign Theater for an expose of the Star Spangled Etc. Negativland then produced a hysterical mashup that included this track for their album "Free", it's just called "Our National Anthem." The video is at v=9c61yn4jIos on youtube.

[@anthrocoon]

Heard on the Negativland piece "Our National Anthem" from the album Free (1993)

[@thetickedoffpianoplayer4193]

I don't know why, but this song is flippin' hilarious to me, no matter who sings it. I died when they yelled play ball because every time I hear this song, that's what I want to do.

[@d.s.parentsr6502]

Yo, sick tune. Somebody should Vanilla Ice that shit.

[@hamakuadan]

Serai3- that would be fantastic! Deeply appreciated. And nice to hear Anacreon again- especially today!

[@marianwaldman4040]

This is Oak Ash and Thorn singing. I think at the Freight & Salvage in Berkeley, quite some time ago.

[@hamakuadan]

Dave Swan + I have been craving some vintage OAT music back in my life. My records are gone and wondered if there was anyone out there that might digitize OUT ON A LIMB and SOWING WILD OATS? It would be a pleasure to re-enjoy these recordings and memories of the faire.

[@Serai3]

I believe I have a audiocassette tape with some of the songs on it. Will try and see if I can pull them off that. :)

[@mauladiraushanhidayat6648]

Great harmony!! 😰

[@MK-ex4pb]

I can't believe our anthem a fucking drinking club song

[@Weebusaurus]

I would love to see the sheet music for this if you still have it!

[@SylverUnicorn]

I agree with Lois DeArmond & aendelman! This is indeed the group known as Oak, Ash and Thorn. Current members are Dave Swan, Doug Olsen and Tom Wagner. Not being sure of the year of this performance, Dale Hill or Mitchell Sandler may have been members at the time of this recording. Here is their official website (remove the spaces, and change "dot"): ht tp : // w w w .oakashthorn "dot" com/home. htm

[@dominicperez3777]

This sounds exactly like the Star Spangled Banner! Is Star Spangled Banner based off this song? :o

[@zqfmgb123]

Yes, Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics to the Star Stangled Banner with the melody of this song in mind. The melody of the song would have been well known throughout pubs/taverns in America at the time since it was written around 1760 in Britain, and who doesn't like a good song about drinking booze and having sex?

[@dominicperez3777]

@@zqfmgb123 That's pretty cool!

[@Serai3]

No, FIRST version. This was the original song. Key swiped the tune for his.

[@villager8154]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🍻

[@yateslawrence]

Are there any other recordings of this group available?

[@loisdearmond2129]

This is Oak, Ash and Thorn. Dave Swan, Doug Olsen and Tom Wagner.

[@TheEPICsailor22]

Pre-'Murica

[@holldolldee7582]

Aka England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@aigeneratedwauigi2696]

@@holldolldee7582 it was the uk 🇬🇧

[@guitarguy321]

I will gladly and gratefully take the sheet music if it's available!

[@aendelman]

The singers are "Oak Ash & Thorn"

[@joedredd1168]

This song is British so why is there an American flag there?

[@FengLong]

Not this 'song'; just the melody.

[@ahighdef.experience3394]

FengLong Technically the song as well since it was the anthem of the Anacreontic society which was a private drinking society for the wealthy of London during the 18th century

[@cbsteffen]

England has its many connections with the USA.

[@Emilyx-ot1dl]

Oh, say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there. O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

[@Serai3]

So a fun song about friendship, love, and wine is turned into a bloodsoaked anthem of war. Can't get more American than that.

[@bmacs001]

Is it possible to send me the sheet music for this you wrote up?

[@lovelybitofbugle219]

It's on Wikipedia

[@vajrapani6474]

So, basically, we've been singing praise to the hermaphrodite Greek god of wine and revelry...huh... I've got a few cousin that converted to Mormonism that aren't going to be too happy to hear that...and a number of cousins back in Oklahoma and Texas that are of the type of Southern Baptists that insist Jesus and the disciples drank "grape juice and not 'wine'" that are going to be equally as displeased, ... ...and it kind of vindicates the Jev. Witnesses in my family. I can't wait for the next family reunion... I'll be sure to bring my vid recorder to that one, when I tell them all about it.

[@Jiltedin2007]

That's right, and Francis Scott Key stole this melody to make The Star Spangled Banner.

[@cbsteffen]

Jiltedin2007 I thought he only wrote the words to the song.

[@fiammanerapatrick3215]

Tbh, I don't really care if our anthem is based off this. I mean, America was British before. Plus, the British National Anthem was also taken from a French song.

[@aelrickofoid6733]

America was not British when the American national anthem was written. It was during the War Of 1812 that the song was written.

[@fiammanerapatrick3215]

@@aelrickofoid6733 Yeah I know this

[@martinaller-stead3898]

@@aelrickofoid6733 The young US's first real defeat. No objectives achieved, and the capital city sacked and burnt.

[@Cyrodil01]

MURICA

[@JohnSmith-ki3li]

This is a British song...

[@aigeneratedwauigi2696]

@@JohnSmith-ki3li but Americans stole it for their anthem

[@pccbassbone]

I'd like the sheet music if you have it.

[@mixmastermind]

It's one of the most sung melodies on earth. You can find it.

[@pccbassbone]

+mixmastermind I meant of this arrangement. I know the melody.

[@stormsmith6772]

I'm going to record a version of the national anthem with the lyrics.

[@fourslottoaster65]

May I just point out that this is an English Drinking song...

[@gristly_knuckle]

Is he like the other king from Antigone? Maybe you can summon him if you eat all his harmony.

[@Pixelynx]

So I'm confused. Did the person add the American flag out of confusion thinking this is an American song even though it's British, or was it [hopefully] done in irony. ._.

[@RamRam.720]

my guess is ignorant pride

[@wilthomas]

It's to provide juxtaposition. Jesus Christ.

[@VijayShethna]

tommylehman No, because our national anthem was based off the Anacreotic Song.

[@wilthomas]

You don't know what juxtapose means, do you?

[@VijayShethna]

tommylehman Sorry wasn't replying to you. I was replying to the guy who made the original comment. By the way I do know what juxtaposition means.

[@jmm1233]

They should have never changed the lyrics , this was much more jolly and free

[@fern10011]

My sentiments exactly! We need this for our anthem!

[@dnm3732]

@@fern10011 no we don't the lyrics have nothing to do with America

[@duradura1990]

why did they trill their "R"?

[@RadioactivFly]

ditogeezdee Back when the song was written in the late 1700s, the British accent sounded radically different from what it sounds like now. All the Rs were pronounced much like in modern American and Irish accents. Although the rolled R had disappeared from normal speech well over a hundred years before, it was still common to hear it in songs. This continued up until the early 20th century: If you listen to old recordings of WWI-era songs such as "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" or "Over There," you'll hear the trilled R.

[@duradura1990]

RadioactivFly thank you, so much sir

[@RadioactivFly]

ditogeezdee No problem!

[@dnm3732]

'cause its awsome

[@Mardy-old-Bstard]

It seems a little ironic that Americas national anthem' tune was taken from a British drinking song. At a time when we hated and were at war with each other.

[@aigeneratedwauigi2696]

Americans at the time were British

[@Rh0mbus]

@@aigeneratedwauigi2696this was used after the war of 1812, so we didn't fight with the british after that. We were independent and beyond disputes at that point.

[@Themapleleaforever]

Why is there an American flag? This song is british

[@JustATransistorASMR]

🇺🇸v.s.🇬🇧 FIGHT

[@PasscodeAdvance]

The United Drinking States of America

[@holldolldee7582]

Americans don’t even know how to drink😂

[@MrKevinEaddy]

J/K

[@crossleydd42]

Actually, I was being ironic!

[@crossleydd42]

My experience of Americans is that most don't really understand irony.

[@crossleydd42]

Well, you've proved my point perfectly!

[@chrishall2594]

my experience is that many people who aren't American have an unexplainable and ignorant bias towards their warped perception of the American people.

[@holldolldee7582]

Wonder how it feels for Americans knowing that “their” national anthem was copied of a drinking song made by drunk Englishmen in a pub😁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🍻

[@JackHawk-re5vo]

Actually I'm fine with it, the original poem was still original.

[@holldolldee7582]

@@JackHawk-re5vo English

[@JackHawk-re5vo]

The anthem itself was written by Francis Scott Key, but was set to music by John Stafford Smith some time later. The poem by Scott Key itself is original, though the music isn't. Despite this I'm fine with this song being used as the music. In my opinion it seems fitting that a former British colony uses a British tune in its national anthem, and pretty funny that a drinking tune of all things was chosen.

[@holldolldee7582]

@@JackHawk-re5vo fair enough🇬🇧🇺🇸

[@linkfromzelda1002]

I literally don't care.

[@09shadowjet]

2nd version of the Star-Spangled Banner LOL

[@ryanbrown4183]

No the star spangled banner was based on this song

[@Enrique4Grande]

I was kinda hoping that the US national anthem had its own original tune. (sigh)

[@robertsproull9581]

The poem is ours, at least.

[@Serai3]

Yes, but isn't it ironically perfect that it doesn't?

[@chopsueykungfu]

How ironic, intellectual property stolen from a common english pub song. I guess the early US was like the China of its day.

[@ghrtfhfgdfnfg]

What is so hard to understand about the fact that the thirteen colonies were british?

[@aigeneratedwauigi2696]

@@ghrtfhfgdfnfg just because the original 13 were British doesn’t mean they have to copy a song

[@TrimTrimmer]

wrong flag

[@dnm3732]

what?

[@cbsteffen]

The UK and USA are not disparate according to history.

[@TrimTrimmer]

Carly Steffen the language spoken is lol jokes bit of humour or humor my transatlantic neighbour or neighbor

[@MrKevinEaddy]

Man, they bit this from the National Anthem Bruh Bruh, yo son, this aint be original B

[@Serai3]

You're are exactly wrong. THIS is the original song. Francis Scott Key used the tune and made up new lyrics for the anthem. BUSTED FOR IGNORANCE.

[@MrKevinEaddy]

Serai3 it was called Sarcasm.. Lighten up Genius

[@MrKevinEaddy]

Serai3 also do you really think a Human being would speak like that? SMDH

[@Serai3]

* eyeroll * Jesus, third-graders don't use such a lame defense. What a fucking idiot.

[@martinaller-stead3898]

THIS is the original, and friend, you seem only vaguely literate with this post. Might want to do some research before you put it out on the web.

[@TOTO-fs7lo]

JoeBlDEN?🙄