From the U.S.A.: The New-Yorker (June 5, 1841): "Then...shall the minstrel sing 'Bonaparte crossing the Rhine'!" The Knickerbocker Magazine (October, 1848): "The 'Lines for Fire Company Number Five'...to the tune of 'Bonaparte crossing the Rhine.'" [Interestingly, the "Lines" don't scan to either of the tunes we've been discussing.] Godey's Magazine (Philadelphia) (March, 1849): "Ain't that a sweet strain? Don't that put you in mind of 'Bonaparte crossing the Rhine'?" Dwight’s Journal of Music (Oct. 13, 1860): “True, my daughter can play many fine pieces, but she does not yet know ‘Bonaparte’s crossing the Rhine.’” Kamba Thorpe, "Four-Oaks: A Novel" (1867): "So the audience was regaled with 'Love Not Quickstep,' 'Jenny Lind Polka,' 'Life on the Ocean Wave,' 'Bonaparte crossing the Rhine.'" ..."Miss Dalrymple earned her share [of ice-cream] by performing that miserable old tune, 'Bonaparte crossing the Rhine.'"
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