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Thread #4267   Message #23064
Posted By: Alice
05-Mar-98 - 10:52 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Gary Owen (not the old one)
Subject: RE: LYRICS for
Thanks for posting this!! For those who don't know, the tune for the 7th Cavalry, General George Armstrong Custer, was Garry Owen. The battlfield on the Little Bighorn River is on the plains of eastern Montana. The battle is re-enacted every year (and has become controversial). The Custer Battlefield National Monument is on the Crow Indian Reservation, and the little town next to it is called Garryowen (one word).

Alice Flynn
Montana