happy? - Apr 13 (Walter Scott / Cigars)

Subject: happy? - Apr 13 (Walter Scott / Cigars)
From: Abby Sale
Date: 13 Apr 06 - 07:52 AM

Sir Walter Scott, laird of Buccleuch leads a masterly raid to rescue "one William Armstrong, commonly called Will of Kinmouth" from the English: 4/13/1596. The song was preserved (& "improved") by the better-known Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) a few years later.

          They thought King James and a' his men
            Had won the house wi' bow and speir;
          It was but twenty Scots and ten
            That put a thousand in sic a stear!
  
                  "Kinmont Willie," Child #186

ALSO:
The first Havana cigar in Tampa, Florida was rolled 4/13/1886

          I landed in Rawlins and nothing to do,
          So I took a short walk to the Red Light Saloon.
          I opened the door, stepped up to the bar,
          Says a dancing young beauty, "Will you have a cigar?"
  
                  "Red Light Saloon," Guy Logsdon, The Whorehouse Bells Were Ringing

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