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User Name	Thread Name	Subject	Posted
Walrus	Origins: Yankee Doodle (26)	RE: Yankee Doodle	28 Jun 99
I'm afraid I can't add to the musical side of this thread except to point out that, at, or about the time of the AWI, it has been claoimed that it was traditional for British military bands to finish Yankee Doodle with a musical rasperry. By the bye, in the "common" verse, mention is made of "Macaroni", In this context Macaroni was an 18th Century English pastiche of an Italian fashion (itself partly based on an English style) and was somewhat ornate. The verse therefore implies the naiivity of "Mr Doodle" (at least in fashion terms). Regards Walrus

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