Did we get "Richmond is a Hard Road to Travel"? It's in the DT. Written by a confederate parodist and a very clever writeup of the (pre-Grant) Richmond campaigns.

There's a great song called "Will They Miss Me in the Trenches," a parody of a tear jerker called "Will They Miss Me at Home." Also in DT with tune. Silber says that J.W.Naff wrote it during the siege of Vicksburg and was supposedly killed in battle the next day. Publishers in that era made up their "true facts" as they went along, in order to sell sheet music, so this could be fakelore.

Irwin Silber says Faded Coat of Blue was "written in the waning days of the war." After singing it for years, I've started wondering whether the young man who "died faint and famished, among the vanquished brave" died in a southern prison camp. Has anyone else ever considered that?

Kendall, I also sing Lorena (all six verses). Bill loves it and considers it one of the best written songs around. Every once in a while I get lucky, and Bob Clayton and Ron Davies back me up on guitar and viola (don't knock it if you haven't tried it.) Pure schmaltz. Lovely.

Recently heard arguments in favor of pronouncing it "Lo-RAY-na." Have been considering starting a thread: "Lo-REE-na or Lo-RAY-na?" Any opinions?