Hey, I've been digging into the music that soldiers used to rally during the Napoleonic Wars—did you know the famous "Battle of Waterloo" march was actually based on a French folk tune that a British composer reworked to boost morale?

I always find it amusing that the same melody that was sung by French villagers in the 1700s was later re‑arranged by a British officer-turned‑compositor to rally troops—yet the original folk songwriter never gets a line on the official program. It’s a neat example of how history hides credits in plain sight.

Absolutely, and it’s a good reminder that the real stories—like who actually wrote that folk tune—often get buried beneath the official plaques. It makes me want to dig into the sheet music archives and see if the original composer’s name survives somewhere in the margin.