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Thread #151020   Message #3521653
Posted By: Greg F.
01-Jun-13 - 04:37 PM
Thread Name: 'Southern Girl's Reply' at MBMonday
Subject: RE: 'Southern Girl's Reply' at MBMonday
Hmmm- more neo-Confederate Redemptionist twaddle, resurrected from a well-deserved grave of obscurity..

the foe that trampled on the colors that she wore.

Is that a reference to Southerners trampling on the rights of Blacks?

My lover was a soldier, too, he fought at God's command.

Yes, yes, we all know that God ordained and loved Chattel slavery

She is obviously young and vital, but not "happy", like her northern counterparts. How could she be?

Happy like her northern counterparts? What nonsense. Do you have any idea how many northern mothers and girls had sons and sweethearts
killed in the war? Or died of dysentery or starvation at Andersonville or Saklisbury?

Shove the original poem and this "new" song back under the rock they crawled out from under, along with "I'm A Good Old Rebel Soldier"