… In the early part of June, the troops of the eastern provinces began to pour in … and such a motley assemblage of men never before thronged together on such an occasion, unless an example may be found in the ragged requirement of Sir John Falstaff. It would have relaxed the gravity of anchorite to have seen the descendants of the puritans marching through the streets of that ancient city (Albany) … some with long coats and others with no coat at all, with colors as various as the rainbow … their march their accoutrements, and the whole arrangements of the troops, furnished matter of amusement to the rest of the British Army … Among the club of wits that belonged to the British Army, there was a Doctor Shuckburg [sic] … To please the new comers, he composed a tune, and with much gravity recommended it to the officers as one of the most celebrated airs of martial music. The joke took … and in a few days nothing was heard in the provincial camp, but the air of Yankee Doodle. Little did the author, in his composition, then suppose, that an air made for the purpose of levity and ridicule, should ever be marked for such high destinies. In 20 years from that time, the national march inspired the heroes of Bunker's Hill, and in less than thirty, Lord Cornwallis and his army march into the American lives to the tune of Yankee Doodle …" Originally sung as by British officers to mock the disheveled "Yankees" that fought by their side during the French-Indian War, "Yankee Doodle" was destined for a far different fate than Doctor Shuckburgh and his companions could have ever imagined. Embraced by the American Army during the Revolutionary War, the song was turned back upon the very same British forces that had sung it in mockery only two decades prior. Sung throughout the war, the tune of "Yankee Doodle" subsequently inspired many variations and serves as the state anthem of Connecticut to this very day.