Niel D. & Jack Campin: Actually, "To Anacreon in Heaven" was not a well known piece anywhere, as it was not something sung by or for the general public, but rather was the official theme song of the Anacreon Literary Society. This was a serious book club and not a bunch of drunks. They did generally meet in a tavern, as did most clubs, civic groups, political parties, etc. Meeting in a tavern in itself did not indicate that the group was a bunch of rowdies slugging it down and yelling "evoe!" or "chug-a-lug spodie odie" - - rather many a tavern was similar to a modern day community center or hotel lounge where meetings were held. The drunks and party animals sought out the wilder taverns where club meetings were unlikely to be held.

Were "To Anacreon in Heaven" to have been a rousing drinking song, it probably would have been more widely known and published in some songbooks.

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