Please help me to understand why they are singing the National Anthem in Spanish?
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That is very interesting.\nHere in Canada  we have two official languages, and the anthem is sung in both languages, English and French.\nBut unless Spanish has been made an official language in the US, it is not right that this be sung in Spanish.\nMy opinion.
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I AM Hispanic.I was born and raised in Austin,TX. as was all my family.I have absolutely nothing against Mexicans but,i honestly believe that the Star Spangled Banner should be left alone.Some things are better left untouched!!.What next? The Pledge of Allegiance......  Be Blessed! Monica
1065878
Their national anthem? lol
1128874
i believe the chant is spanish, not english, and i don't know much about old spanish songs so can't tell you where the tune originally came from.  it is an expression used to express excited approval.  i heard that it has origins in the word "allah," suggesting that something awesome has happened, by the hand of God or thank God or something.  soccer is a type of religion in mexico and south america.... \n\ni can't tell you why spanish-speaking people with heavy christian/catholic influence would adopt an arabic/islamic word, but maybe they just liked the sound of it!\n\nBUT... there is a song..... it was written from the chant, not shortened to the chant.  it might be what you're looking for though:\nBouncing Souls "Ole"\n\nOLE Bouncing souls no one can beat us we drink beer and wear adidas anywhere we get the itch we're off to find a proper pitch Lace your sambas get on out off we go to kick it about Win or lose we're having fun we won't quit until we're done We got heart when we play Take you on anyday\n\n\nalso check http://www.last.fm/music/Soccer+Chants
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must be some spanish or something like that, but dunno the name. i adore the song tho.
1177590
Because it the the National Anthem of Britain - not  just England but of course you already know that don't you.  Me thinks you are just trying to get a debate going - not that there's anything wrong with that.
824752
Uh Why? \n\nIt is a national anthem and should be sang the way it is, and not changed\n\nOh ok
722232
Ya, everyone wants the U.S. to have probs, so they are happy when we protest, except the people in Mexico want us to do good, so they can all come here, so changing the national anthem to spanish, in combination of protesting, will make everyone happy. :-)
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here is the translation of thier version of america's national anthem.\n\nhttp://cbs13.com/local/local_story_118212333.html
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I think that the National Anthem should be sung ONLY in English because that is our common language.\n\nI do, however, think that if the people want to recite it in Spanish. Hebrew, Chineese or whatever language they chose, then so be it as long as the main anthem is in English.\n\nWhy should the USA give up it's culture to please everyone else.\nOne day we will learn you can not please everyone.  And attmpting to please everyone you will please no one.
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"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics were written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key, a 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet, after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland by British ships in Chesapeake Bay during the War of 1812. It became well known as a patriotic song to the tune of a popular English song, "To Anacreon in Heaven." It was recognized for official use by the United States Navy (1889) and by the White House (1916), and was made the national anthem by a Congressional resolution on March 3, 1931. Although the song has four stanzas, only the first is commonly sung today.\n\nOn September 3, 1814, Key and John S. Skinner of Baltimore, Maryland, an American prisoner exchange agent, set sail from Baltimore aboard the sloop HMS Minden flying a flag of truce approved by James Madison. Their goal was to secure the release of Dr. William Beanes, the elderly and popular town physician of Upper Marlboro, a friend of Key's who had been captured in Washington, DC and had been accused of harboring British deserters. Key and Skinner boarded the British flagship HMS Tonnant on September 7 and spoke with General Robert Ross and Admiral Alexander Cochrane over dinner, while they also discussed war plans. In the beginning, Ross and Cochrane refused to release Beanes, but relented after Key and Skinner showed them letters written by wounded British prisoners praising Beanes and other Americans for their kind treatment.\n\nBecause Key and Skinner had heard much of the preparations for the Baltimore attack, they were held captive until after the battle, first aboard HMS Surprise, and later back onto the Minden sloop, waiting behind the British fleet. On September 13, at 7 a.m., the British fleet attacked the fort and the Battle of Baltimore was under way. Bombardment of the fort continued until 1 a.m. on September 14, after which some British gunboats attempted to slip past the fort and effect a landing in a cove to the west of it, but they were turned away by gunners at nearby Fort Covington, the city's last line of defense. During the rainy night, Key had witnessed the bombardment and observed that the fort's smaller "storm flag" continued to fly, but once the shelling stopped and it grew dark, he would not know how the battle turned out until dawn. By then, the storm flag had been lowered and the larger main flag had been raised.\n\n \nFrancis Scott Key's original manuscript copy of his Star-Spangled Banner poem. It is now on display at the Maryland Historical Society.Key was inspired by the American victory and the sight of the enormous American flag flying triumphantly above the fort. This flag, with fifteen stars and fifteen stripes, is today on display in the National Museum of American History, a part of the Smithsonian Institution. This flag was restored in 1914 by Amelia Fowler, and again in 1998 as part of an ongoing conservation program.\n\nThe next day, Key wrote a poem aboard the ship on the back of a letter he had in his pocket, continuing to write during the sail. After being released with Skinner in Baltimore at twilight on September 16, Key finished the poem at the Indian Queen Hotel where he was staying, entitling it "Defence of Fort McHenry".\n\nKey gave his poem to his brother-in-law, Judge Joseph H. Nicholson, who recognized that the poem fit the tune of "To Anacreon in Heaven", a popular melody dating from the mid-1760s, written in London by John Stafford Smith. Nicholson took the poem to a printer. These broadside copies, the song's first known printing, were printed anonymously in Baltimore on September 17 — of these, two known copies still exist.\n\nOn September 20, both the Baltimore Patriot and The American printed the song, with the note "Tune: Anacreon in Heaven." The song quickly became popular, with 17 newspapers from Georgia to New Hampshire printing it. Soo
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I don't like it either, it's going too far. I guess a lot of people really doesn't know anything about this immigration issue. It's pretty obvious that the protesters have a one track mind. Instead of gaining support from immigrants from other countries, creating a bilingual anthem which consists of spanish/english version seems to be selfish. This is one of the reasons why a lot of americans get angry at mexicans and this could be one of the reasons why the bystanders who were willing to support the latinos before might feel it offensive and withdraw their support. I thought the rally was supposed to be for immigrants, now I feel it's only for Latin immigrants. \n\nAsk immigrants from other countries, there are certain rights this country has granted to Mexicans that were not granted to them. Really, the law here is kind of discriminatory, and they don't complain. If this immigration issue is to be a success for the protesters they need to understand that the focus shouldn't only be on Latinos, or it shouldn't be between Latinos and America BUT Immigrants seeking their rights.\n\nI for one hope they get their papers, but I have to say there should be rules. A lot of immigrants came here legally and paid thousands of dollars to earn the right to be legal immigrants. They also sacrificed a lot working for their families too. \n\nI believe these people shouldn't change the Anthem, it's an insult to the country, and an insult to those people who came here and worked hard to earn the right to be called Americans the legal way.
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http://www.freetranslation.com\nBlow your browser up to full size, and there's a box on the right side for free translation.  There are dropdown menus for translating FROM [select language], TO [select language].  Type or copy-paste the lyrics.\n\nSince it's free, it may not be perfectly accurate (commonly used spanish will not translate as accurately as "correct" or "proper", but it will give you the general idea.
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The language is Español.
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BECAUSE ENGLISH IS THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF THE U.S.!!!THAT'S WHY!!! C'mon, get real. Next my kid is gonna have to bilingually recite the pledge of allegiance. Except for the line about under God, because the left wing politically correct weenies won't allow that. A spanish version of the national anthem...Nope. Just doesn't work for me.
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It's Spanish (from Mexico to be exact)...he uses alot of Mexican slang. The song is called Chilanga Banda and it's by Cafe Tacuba.
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If you mean, "my little brother is trying to sing," it's translated, "Mi hermanito está intentando cantar."\n\n(edit)\nAt least the following three translations are inaccurate.  The one from google translations is completely wrong, because it is a word-for-word translation, and probably used the same fragmented phrase you asked for in the question.  Never use online translators for anything other than trying to find what a single word means.  Computers aren't an intelligent translator getting the correct point across.  They only translate each word, one at a time.