If you're an old-time devotee of Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, you're sure to have seen the two-part presentation of Johnny Tremain (also released as a 1957 theatrical version). Johnny and his grown-up pals the Sons of Liberty, including such folk as Paul Revere, James Otis and Sam Adams, are beating the drum for American independence. Their idea of a good party is to dress up like Indians and dump tea into Boston Harbor.
Please pardon the crackles and pops in this recording. It came from an honest-to-goodness phonograph record - one of those little 6-inch yellow 78s. The song was written by Tom Blackburn and George Bruns, the immortal duo who brought us "The Ballad of Davy Crockett".
Here's the song:
"Johnny Tremain" by Mitch Miller and the Sandpipers
Marx issued this cool Sons of Liberty Playset
A recast of the Paul Revere figure from the Marx set