Apr 1, 2022
Howe: I shall never forget the day we left England: all the wives and sweethearts and relatives where there to see us off-- ah, the morale of the troops was high, everybody thought the war would be over by Christmas... It was all very gay if you remember, gentlemen, and yet it was somehow rather sad. There was a song we all sang-- what was it, can you remember?
Cornwallis: Oh, yes, yes, yes! I-- I-- I think I know it-- it went ah-- went ahem [confidently hums Yankee Doodle]
Howe: Oh no Cornwallis, that was their song.
Now that explains a lot.
