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The second verse:
" And there we see a thousand men, As rich as Squire David; And what they wasted every day, I wish it could be saved !"
Here is the eleventh verse :
" And there was Captain Washington, And gentlefolks about him ; They say he's grown so ' tarnal proud, He will not ride without 'em."
But I think I have quoted sufficient to show the kind of senseless stuff it is—and yet what a sensation the melody has made in the world ! Before taking leave of this eccentric composi-tion I may add that, in the " Illustrated London News" for February 16th and March 1st, 1856, it is authoritatively stated that "Yankee Doodle" was based upon " Kitty Fisher's Jig." This "Jig" is to be found in Walsh's collection of dances published in 1745, and is there asso-ciated with the well-known nursery rhyme :
" Lucky Locket lost her pocket, Kitty Fisher found it; Not a penny was there in 't, Only binding round it."
These two ladies flourished in the reign of the second George, and were well-known
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