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"the judgment which we have pronounced" [ABBE] 

You say bow, I say bow. Potato, potato, tomato, tomato, let's call the whole thing off.
 
Of course, that song never made sense in print, just like Lord Donegall's assertion that there are alternative pronunciations to "His Last Bow." We take a look at an old piece of scholarship about this story. It's just a Trifle.
 
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Performers: Uncredited violinist, US Marine Chamber Orchestra
Publisher Info.: Washington, DC: United States Marine Band
Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0