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. It is pretty much the same as the tune
for British songs were the same as some Rev. War American songs.
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I would beg to suggest you might have that one backwards. (i.e. Yanks
borrowing limey tunes). A case in point would the Star Spangled Banner
whose tune was borrowed from either a British or German drinking song.
Another is "My country tis of thee" which uses the tune of "God
Save the Queen." Britain was after the dominant country as far as
culture was concerned.
Daniel
a.k.a. the man flying the Union Jack flying outside his
apartment.
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