Fact #38471
When:
Short story:
ill-fated
campaign to conquer Russia, French forces under Napoleon
Bonaparte begin their retreat from Moscow. This military action
will be immortalised in the Appalachian fiddle tune Bonaparte's Retreat whose structure illustrates the marching
men and the sounds of war. Pee Wee
King added a lyric to the tune in 1950 and it will become a
popular addition to the repertoire of many country music performers
including Glen
Campbell and Michael
Nesmith. (1812)
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