Mudcat Café message #1709417

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Thread #90269 Message #1709417
Posted By: Abby Sale
03-Apr-06 - 08:16 AM
Thread Name: happy? - Apr 3 (Jericho / Richmond)
Subject: happy? - Apr 3 (Jericho / Richmond)

On Nisan 5, 2488 [1273 BCE]
(That is April 3rd in 2006)

Joshua sent scouts to Jericho


          Joshua fought the battle of Jericho
          Jericho, Jericho,
          Joshua fought the battle of Jericho,
          And the walls come tumblin' down.
  
                  "Battle Of Jericho" (as per Robeson)

ALSO:
Union troops finally enter Richmond (the Virginia & Confederate capitol) on 4/3/1865


          Would you like to hear my song? I'm afraid it's rather long
          Of the famous "On to Richmond" double trouble,
          Of the half-a-dozen trips and half-a-dozen slips
          And the very latest bursting of the bubble.
          'Tis pretty hard to sing and like a round, round ring
          'Tis a dreadful knotty puzzle to unravel;
          Though all the papers swore, when we touched Virginia's shore
          That Richmond was a hard road to travel.
  
                  "Richmond is a Hard Road to Travel," in Songs of the Civil War,
                  I Silber & DigTrad filename[ RCHMNDHR