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Thread #7042 Message #4130534
Posted By: GUEST,Mike Yates
31-Dec-21 - 04:12 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Bonaparte Crossing the Rhine
In 1916 Cecil Sharp noted a number of 'fife tunes' from a Mr N B Chisholm of Wardbridge VA. It seems that Mr Chisholm used mnemonic verses to help him remember each tune, including this verse for his tune to 'Napoleon's Retreat':
It's grog time of day, my love It's grog time of day When Boney crossed the Alps It's grog time of day