Mudcat Café message #1640277

The Mudcat Café ^TM
Thread #87732 Message #1640277
Posted By: Abby Sale
03-Jan-06 - 08:06 AM
Thread Name: happy? – Jan 3 (Battle of Princeton)
Subject: happy? – Jan 3 (Battle of Princeton)

Washington wins Battle of Princeton New Jersey on 1/3/1777


          We marched into Princeton with fifes and with drums,
          With muskets and cannons, with swords and with bombs,
          This great expedition cost infinite sums
          But some underpaid Doodles they cut us to crumbs.
  
                  "The Old Soldiers Of The King," DigTrad filename[ OLDSLDR

Oh, one more. Just in case you needed something to stick in your ear today...

Washington, DC: MC Stone patents the 1st drinking straw= 1/3/1888


          Then cheek to cheek   (2x)
          And jaw to jaw        (2x)
          We sipped that ci-    (2x)
          Der through a straw   (1x, repeat verse)
  
          And now and then      (2x)
          That straw would slip (2x)
          And I'd sip some ci-  (2x)
          Der from her lip      (1x, repeat verse)
  
                  "Sipping Cider Through a Straw," Folksinger's Wordbook, Irwin Silber