jan 1, 1795 - Robert Burns, 'The Dumfries Volunteers'
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Robert Burns publishes this ballad in the Dumfries Weekly Journal.'Does haughty Gaul invasion threat?
Then let the louns beware, Sir;
There's wooden walls upon our seas,
And volunteers on shore, Sir...'
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Date:
jan 1, 1795
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~ 230 years ago