- The Washington Times - Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Twitter was afire with both mocks and defenses of famed singer Tony Bennett, who flubbed one of the lines to “God Bless America” while crooning Tuesday during the seventh-inning stretch of the Giants-Nationals game in San Francisco.

Rather than singing “to the oceans, white with foam,” Mr. Bennett said, “to the oceans, bright with gold.”

Most Twitter posters had fun with it.

“TONY BENNETT SAID THERE’S GOLD IN THE OCEAN! EVERYBODY RUN!” wrote Ben Heisler.

“Only Tony Bennett could botch the lyrics to God Bless America and still look cool,” Seth Davis tweeted.

Still another had only words of defense for the singing great.

“Look, if Tony Bennett says those are the words, THOSE ARE THE WORDS,” wrote Erik Malinowski.

• Cheryl K. Chumley can be reached at cchumley@washingtontimes.com.

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