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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.The tune is very much older and English in origin. It was the song of the Anacreontic Society in London and their version of the words - which had nothing to do with America, of course - were penned by a lawyer called Ralph Tomlinson and published in 1778. The original music was possibly written by the Society's orchestra-conductor, Samuel Arnold, though there is no absolute proof of that. In fact, it is commonly believed that it was based on a much older military trumpet piece.
When the tune and words reached the USA, people there - including Francis Scott Key - started to write parodies of it, generally being patriotic and presumably taking the mickey out of the Brits. Key's words did not become the American anthem officially until 1931 and they still probably owe the music to some 16th century British trumpet-major!.
'My Sweet Lord' has got to be one of the most tedious and repetitive tunes ever produced, so - all-in-all, KEJ - I'd say you got the best of the bargain! Cheers