**begin pedantry

The original query was answered by Irish sergeant 11 years ago...

"From: Irish sergeant - PM
Date: 03 Jul 02 - 09:09 PM

The original parody was Civil War era and was both a parody of Battle Cry of Freedom and Mary Had a Little Lamb"

The various odd poems people come up with are interesting, but they detract from the original point of the thread. I suspect people are just skimming and typing .....

**end pedantry