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Thread #70877   Message #1211089
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
20-Jun-04 - 05:27 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Annexation
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Annexation
That's interesting -

Jabez Honan took an oath,
By the living Jingo!
Cuba soon shall be our own
And so shall Saint Domingo.


Why I say it's interesting is that, this is a song very much taking a swipe at what we'd call "jingoism" (albeit the US variety), and which uses the word jingo in that context - but it's dated 1846, and the general understanding is that the term "jingoism" comes from 1878, with the British musical song with the lines

"We don't want to fight, but by jingo if we do
We've got the ships, we've got the men,
We've got the money too"


(Nothing much changes, does it?)