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Thread #87361 Message #1630178
Posted By: JedMarum
18-Dec-05 - 04:40 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Toast of Texas - Dowling's Gallant Men
Subject: Lyr Req: Toast of Texas - Dowlings Gallent Men
I am looking for a song about Dick Dowling and the battle of Sabine Pass (where 45 Rebel soldiers repelled a Yankee invasion of Texas that had some 5,000 Yankees on several ships).
Danny and Patrick O'Flaherty performed the song, I think Danny wrote it. The song starts out:
Here's to the toast of Texas To Dowling's gallent men Who fought the (something) battle And sent Franklin home again