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MS-W.775.001
10 May 1775:32 (220)
Worcester, May 10. . .[53 lines] When the 2nd 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--n
them, returned he, they made us dance it till we were
tired." Since which Yankee Doodle sounds less sweet to their
ears.
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