To Anacreon in Heaven

A commenter in the thread inspired by Jacob's post below reminds me that the tune to "The Star Spangled Banner" comes from the old British drinking song "To Anacreon in Heaven." I wonder how many people who sing it today know that the song they're belting out was originally a paean to a homosexual Greek poet best renowned for his love odes to young boys? (That factoid, by the by, comes courtesy of the excellent Homosexuality and Civilization by Louis Crompton, who I interviewed for the magazine about a year back.)