Not 1778 like the Stan Rogers tune goes... but on this date in 1774 the British Parliament passed the expansion of the Quartering Act; whereby British soldiers in North America could take unoccupied homes or barns for their barracks.
Obviously, not a well liked piece as originally it was just 'you need to give us barracks' to a "well, if there are none we like we'll just take what we do".
But, back to ol' Stan. I say old as he always sounded so old, with that deep baritone voice. Yet, even as he tragically died in a plane he was only 33 on this day in 1983.
I have belted out a many of his ballads myself and just revel in his fingerpicking (Witch of the Westmoreland... love it).
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