"Fiddlers who deserted 2" Topic
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Tango01 | 20 Jul 2018 12:10 p.m. PST |
"Drums, fifes, and bands provided martial music ranging from battlefield signals to ceremonious pomp. The drummers, fifers, and musicians might also provide casual entertainment for their comrades, but some soldiers played other instruments. The most common non-military instrument to appear in deserter advertisements was the fiddle (or violin); it was the most common among non-military runaways as well….." Main page link Amicalement Armand |
robert piepenbrink | 20 Jul 2018 7:28 p.m. PST |
Four dollars for the one who plays well, and five for the one who "pretends to be a fiddler?" Clearly, they hadn't thought this through. |
Roderick Robertson | 21 Jul 2018 9:02 a.m. PST |
They want the one who "pretends" more because they really want to hang him. Nothing worse than a bad fiddler. |
Tango01 | 21 Jul 2018 11:09 a.m. PST |
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