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Thread #108259   Message #2251674
Posted By: Charley Noble
02-Feb-08 - 01:59 PM
Thread Name: Songs of the American Civil War
Subject: RE: Songs of the American Civil War
Going 'Cross the Mountains (Oh, fare ye well) as sung by Frank Profett is another good Civil War era song from the Appalachians.

I also find the Robin and Linda Williams 1970's song "Murders on the Columbia Plateau" particularly chilling, as it paints such a clear picture of the Civil War reprisals between neighbors during this period, and their unending thirst for vengeance.

Charley Noble