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Thread #18869 Message #3356436
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
28-May-12 - 01:02 PM
Thread Name: Lyr/Chords Req: Empty Chair? / Vacant Chair
Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Empty Chair? / Vacant Chair
Heard this yesterday on NPR, it encapsulates the sorrow of family members.
Correct lyrics and attribution in DT.
Sheet music at American Memory (from Duke Univ., (music by G. F. Root) http://library.Duke.edu/rubenstein/scriptorium/sheetmusic/n/n08/n0810-3-72dpi.html
Several song sheet publishers, inc. De Marsan. Very popular in the years following the War.