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Thread #8916 Message #173982
Posted By: Susan A-R
05-Feb-00 - 02:01 PM
Thread Name: Songs of the American Civil War
Subject: RE: Songs of the American Civil War
However, there were some that were banned (Home Sweet Home, and Lorena) because they were bad for morale. I can't imagine that All Quiet Along the Patomac Tonight was looked on with much favor either, it being pretty critical of the way the war was being managed. There is a great story about Home Sweet Home being sung on both sides of a river by both armies, kind of a predecessor to Christmas in the Trenches.