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Grant, Robert 1852-
Author; born in Boston, Mass., Jan. 24, 1852; graduated at Harvard College in 1873; later began law practice in his native city.
He is the author of Yankee Doodle; The oldest school in America, etc.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Harrison , William Henry 1773 -1812 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Rodgers , John 1771 -1838 (search)
Yankee Doodle,
A popular air, the origin of which is involved in obscurity.
It seems to be older than the United States government.
It hey recognized it as an old national dance of their own.
Did Yankee Doodle come from Central Asia with the great migrations?
A secretary ation at Madrid says a Spanish professor of music told him that Yankee Doodle resembled the ancient sword-dance of St. Sebastian.
Did the Mo that when, in 1768, British troops arrived in Boston Harbor the Yankee Doodle tune (says a writer of that time) was the capital piece in the iece in derision of the New England troops.
It is the original Yankee Doodle song:
Father and I went down to camp, Along with Captain Goo turned about till I got home, Locked up in mother's chamber.
Yankee Doodle appears to be a child of thirty-six fathers.
It has been suggested by a witty lady that perhaps Yankee Doodle composed itself, as the Germans say of folk-songs.
It is accepted as our national air, and