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Lighter Origins: Warfield's 'New York Volunteer' (11) RE: Origins: Warfield's 'New York Volunteer' 30 Jan 18

Am starting to think that the song is a pastiche assembled by Warfield from broadsides, with some of his own material added.

The phrase "fork up all the rhino" (hand over all the money) sounds like the 1860s, as does "skivering the would-be Southern Neroes," but the song overall has kind of a modern feel to me.

But I could be wrong.

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