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Thread #97247   Message #1911909
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
17-Dec-06 - 01:49 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Marching Down to Old Quebec
Subject: RE: Origins: Marching Down to Old Quebec
The Civil War song was possibly inspired by "Marching Down to Old Quebec. It is long, so only verses 1, 4 and chorus reproduced here. A song sheet without date, pub. Johnson, Philadelphia; at American Memory.

WE'RE MARCHING DOWN TO DIXIE'S LAND
Tune- Dixie's Land

Good news, good news, from Dixie's Land.
From Dixie's land, from Dixie's land;
The rebel cause is at a stand,
And treason's going down.
The rebels sing another song,
In Dixie's land, in Dixie's land;
They find the first one wrong.
And treason going down.
We've struck the poison snake a blow.
In Dixie's land, in Dixie's land.
Secession stock is running low.
And treason's going down!

Chorus:
O, we're marching down to Dixie's land
To Dixie's land, to Dixie's land,
And our flag shall wave to the Rio Grande.
And treason shall go down!

4.
John Bull is in a growling mood,
For Dixie's land, for Dixie's land,
He'd help the rebels if he could,
Lest treason should go down,
We've whipped him twice, if he'll call again,
On sea or land, on sea or land,
He'll find us stocked with pluck and men,
And treason shall go down;
John Bull we'll meet as friend or foe,
On sea or land, on sea or land,
We love his smiles, we dare his blow,
But treason shall go down!

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