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PL.775.037
27 May 1775:23 (18)
Worcester, (Massachusetts-Bay) May 10 . . . When the second
brigade marched out of Boston to reinforce the first,
nothing was played by the fifes and drums but Yankee Doodle,
(which had become their favourite tune ever since that
notable exploit, which did such honour to the troops of
Britain's King, of tarring and feathering a poor countryman
in Boston, and parading with him through the principal
streets, under arms with their bayonets fixed:) Upon their
return to Boston, one asked his brother officer how he liked
the tune now, ---"D--m them, returned he, they made us dance
till we were tired."----Since which Yankee Doodle sounds
less sweet to their ears.
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