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PP-P.775.017a
24 May 1775:12 (4/187 Postscript)
[Boston] 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 favorite
tune ever since that notable exploit, which did such honour
to the troops of Britain's King, of tarring and feathering a
poor country man 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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