It's a re-enactor thing. For twenty plus years I was a member of the 1st New Jersey Regiment (The Jersey Blues) of the Continental Line. There is a running joke about this fife and drum song being played every September 1st in this house. Couldn't pass it by without posting this.
A tip of the cocked hat (and shako, too) to my good friend, fellow wargamer, and fellow retired re-enactor, Mark N. of My Brave Fusiliers blog, that I also support.
Mark served for many, many years at Minuteman National Park as a ranger in the NPS. He has a wealth of information about the AWI period and is also an all-around great guy. Do please give his blog a visit. I have it linked to mine.
And now, back to reading about Columbus and Da Gama for graduate classes.
