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'''OLD DRUMMER'S DELIGHT.''' AKA and see "[[Canteen Call (The)]]," "[[French Taptoo]]." The alternate title reveals that the 'old drummer' is not a musician, but rather a purveyor of goods. During the Civil War traveling stores, wagons filled with sundries, followed the armies and sold to soldiers who were off-duty-a kind of mobile (and civilian) PX. The proprietors were called 'drummers', while 'canteen call' signaled liberty for the soldiers to visit. | '''OLD DRUMMER'S DELIGHT.''' AKA and see "[[Canteen Call (The)]]," "[[French Taptoo]]." The alternate title reveals that the 'old drummer' is not a musician, but rather a purveyor of goods. During the Civil War traveling stores, wagons filled with sundries, followed the armies and sold to soldiers who were off-duty-a kind of mobile (and civilian) PX. The proprietors were called 'drummers', while 'canteen call' signaled liberty for the soldiers to visit. | ||
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OLD DRUMMER'S DELIGHT. AKA and see "Canteen Call (The)," "French Taptoo." The alternate title reveals that the 'old drummer' is not a musician, but rather a purveyor of goods. During the Civil War traveling stores, wagons filled with sundries, followed the armies and sold to soldiers who were off-duty-a kind of mobile (and civilian) PX. The proprietors were called 'drummers', while 'canteen call' signaled liberty for the soldiers to visit.
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