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of this well-known ditty was secured in New Orleans in the spring of 1861, when Mrs John Wood played an engagement at the Varieties Theatre.
‘Pocahontas,’ by John Brougham, was the attraction, and in the last scene a zouave march was introduced.
Carlo Patti, brother of Adalina Patti, was the leader of the orchestra.
At the rehearsal Carlo was at a loss as to what air to appropriate.
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