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Thread #167902 Message #4235814
Posted By: Lighter
14-Feb-26 - 08:38 PM
Thread Name: Origins: I Can Whip the Scoundrel
Subject: RE: Origins: I Can Whip the Scoundrel
Another example, from the Napa County [Calif.] Weekly Reporter (May 16, 1868):
"...which gave rise to the classic song, 'We whipped 'em at Mannassas, we licked 'em at Bull Run, we give 'em hell at Seven Pines, I'll lay ten dollars down.'"