The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #8328 Message #4014241
Posted By: Lighter
17-Oct-19 - 07:37 PM
Thread Name: Origin: The Girl I Left Behind Me
Subject: RE: Origin: The Girl I Left Behind Me
B. L. Ridley, “Journal,” in Confederate Veteran (July, 1895), p. 205 [referring to May, 1865]:
“If ever I get through this war, And Lincoln's chains don't bind me, I'll make my way to Tennessee — To the girl I left behind me.”