Hey, Q, without a piano-player going berserk on "Buffalo Gals" (or "Golden Slippers"), we couldn't have had any of those great saloon brawls in B Westerns !

One thing we can all agree on is that "Dixie" is a great American melody, written to entertain, and it's a shame that historical accidents have so complicated its performance and enjoyment.

Eventually the discord will be forgotten. Most of us now hear "The British Grenadiers" without shuddering from its associations with the Revolutionary War. So may it be with "Dixie."

(By the way, "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" is now actually sung as a hymn in some conservative, mostly white, Southern churches without much care that it used to be the war cry of the Damyankees.)