| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Drum |
| | | Got with the fife, spent with the drum. | 1 |
| The noisiest drum has nothing in it but air. | 2 |
| What comes by the fife comes back to the drum. French. | 3 |
| Where drums speak out, laws hold their tongues. | 4 | | |
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