Marcus and I took to calling ourselves the Anthem Guys, a nickname given to us by a player in Fargo, North Dakota.

马克斯和我称我们自己为国歌演奏者，这是北达科他州的法戈的一个演奏家给我们起的绰号。

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Once, in Toledo, Ohio, as we left the field after playing the anthem for the Mud Hens, an umpire approached us.

有一次，当我们在俄亥俄州托莱多为沼泽鸟对演奏完国歌离开后，一位裁判走了过来。

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If we needed people to just go to Brazil to sing our national anthem and hoist our flag, we would have sent some of the beautiful girls and handsome guys from University of Zimbabwe to represent us.

如果我们只是要派人去巴西唱国歌和升国旗，我们派出津巴布韦大学的俊男美女代表国家就好了。

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She will sing the US national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner, at this year's inauguration ceremony on Monday.

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In Britain, the Queen joined Prime Minister Tony Blair to lead mourners at St Paul's Cathedral in London, where the US national anthem was sung.

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Little did Papa realize that morning that he was never to see us or hold us again, nor would he ever again harken to the meadowlarks of Yell County trilling a joyous anthem to spring.

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