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''aways aware that the tune is one of the oldest in the worlk, originally known as "Malbrouck" or "Malbrough," with French''

''words about he Duke of Marlborough's going to war, usually dated 1709. But the music may go all the way back to the''

''Crusades of even earlier. (It has been compared with the old Chanson, "Le Convoi de Duc de Guise," 1563.)

''Crusades of even earlier. (It has been compared with the old Chanson, "Le Convoi de Duc de Guise," 1563.) Marie Antoineete''

''sang "Malbrouck" as a lullaby and Beethoven put it into his '''Battle Symphony''', as opposed to "God Save the King." Dibdin's''

'' '''Musical Tour''' (1788) refers to "young ladies hammering "Malbrouck" out of tune," and it is likely they were doing it''

''in America as well as England. The virtue of the melody is in its consistent pattern, making it very easy to learn. It has''

''become one of the great "gang songs" of all time, because of its adaptability to all kinds of words. Nobody knows the''

''authorship of its commonest convivial sentiments, "We wont' go home until morning" (published in 1842, with William Clifton''

''credited as the arranger) and "For he's a jolly good fellow" (to which "So say we all of us" is often added, to the tune of''

''"God Save the King"). The origin of the Rotary-Kiwanis version, "The bear went over the mountain," is also shrouded in mystery.''

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 ''aways aware that the tune is one of the oldest in the worlk, originally known as "Malbrouck" or "Malbrough," with French''
 ''words about he Duke of Marlborough's going to war, usually dated 1709. But the music may go all the way back to the''
-''Crusades of even earlier. (It has been compared with the old Chanson, "Le Convoi de Duc de Guise," 1563.)
+''Crusades of even earlier. (It has been compared with the old Chanson, "Le Convoi de Duc de Guise," 1563.) Marie Antoineete''
+''sang "Malbrouck" as a lullaby and Beethoven put it into his '''Battle Symphony''', as opposed to "God Save the King." Dibdin's''
+'' '''Musical Tour''' (1788) refers to "young ladies hammering "Malbrouck" out of tune," and it is likely they were doing it''
+''in America as well as England. The virtue of the melody is in its consistent pattern, making it very easy to learn. It has''
+''become one of the great "gang songs" of all time, because of its adaptability to all kinds of words. Nobody knows the''
+''authorship of its commonest convivial sentiments, "We wont' go home until morning" (published in 1842, with William Clifton''
+''credited as the arranger) and "For he's a jolly good fellow" (to which "So say we all of us" is often added, to the tune of''
+''"God Save the King"). The origin of the Rotary-Kiwanis version, "The bear went over the mountain," is also shrouded in mystery.''
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