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Thread #37542 Message #3942071
Posted By: Lighter
06-Aug-18 - 04:43 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Morgan on the Railroad
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Morgan on the Railroad
As played by Molsky, and Winegar & Fox, it bears some resemblance to "The Eighth of January" (at one time also called "Jackson's Victory").
My wild guess, in light of the Kentucky origin, is that the titular Morgan is the Confederate General John Hunt Morgan, who, with his 2nd Kentucky Cavalry Regiment, raided Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio with the in 1862 and 1863.