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9/12/1759:
The night before the attack on Quebec City,
General Wolfe sang for his officers:
Why, soldiers, why
Should we be melancholy, boys?
Why, soldiers, why?
Whose business is to die.
What? Sighing? Fie!
Drink on; drown fear; be jolly, boys;
'Tis he, you, or I;
Cold, hot, wet or dry,
We're always bound to follow, boys,
And scorn to fly.
"How Stands the Glass Around?," Sound Off!, EA Dolph, 1929
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