I must add that I always introduced this song saying that it was a piece of histoy, and that every war has it's good reasons for people not wanting to back/fight it. Also, I'd intimate that there are wars that need to be fought, and if the listeners doubted that, I'd suggest they read "The Lord Of The Rings." *small joke-but truth too* (A modicum of ironic humor was always a good way to intro a serious topic I always thought.)

This was a part of a medley of anti-war songs and pro-war songs. And it all ended with instrumental fingerpicked versions of "Meadowlands" and "Stars And Stripes Forever"---culminating with the first verse of "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"

Art Thieme