Re: Celtic Turmoil

["Caleb J. McArthur" <cmcarthu@umich.edu>]

On Mon, 14 Apr 1997, Theresa Lee wrote:

> Technically, Larry is our William Dawes (the real midnight rider), but hear
> and Revere rhyme better than hear and Dawes (Longfellow's fault). And also,

Here is a tale sure to give one pause; tis the story of one william dawes.

Eat that Longfellow.


> colonists were not warned that "the British were coming" because almost
> everybody in the colony was British at that time...you see, that was the
> point...they didn't want to be British anymore.  So Dawes would have said,
> "the regulars are out."  One wouldn't expect left-coasters to know this

Redcoats!  The redcoats are coming.  We americans are always fightin' the
reds!!


CJM