The British Flag single work   lyric/song   "Well - as I'm call'd upon to sing,"
  • Author:agent M.
Composed: Hobart Town (1803-1880), Van Diemen's Land (1803-1856), Tasmania,
Issue Details: First known date: 1845... 1845 The British Flag
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Notes

  • Dedication: (without permission) to Lieutenant Colonel Elliott, of the Queen's Own Light Infantry, and all British Red and Blue Jackets.
  • Author's note : Tune - "Yankee Doodle."
  • The author includes a letter to the Editor which opens with the following sentence: 'The flag, the flag, and nothing but the flag, has been latterly the only theme of conversation, and I have therefore "run off the reel," as the sailors say, a Song to the popular air of "Yankee Doodle," hoping thereby to neutralize, in some measure, its peculiar American nationality.'
  • Caption title : 'Original Song : The British Flag'

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Colonial Times 6 May 1845 Z1366204 1845 newspaper issue 1845 pg. 4
    Note: In Column: Original Song
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