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OLD TUNES – THE NEW LlLLY BULLERO


Burgoyne surrendered @ Saratoga – October 17,1777. News reached France December, 1777. The news helped Franklin with the French Alliance, February 6, 1778. When the alliance was printed in the … Continue reading


OLD TUNES – LILLIBULLERO


Lillibullero is a march that sets the words of a satirical ballad generally said to be by Lord Thomas Wharton to music attributed to Henry Purcell. Although Purcell published Lillibullero … Continue reading


OLD TUNES – LIBERTY SONG


The Liberty Song 1768

A short time after the refusal of the Massachusetts Legislature to rescind the Circular Letter of February 11, 1768, relating to the imposition of duties and … Continue reading