Mudcat Café message #4186968

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Thread #5422 Message #4186968
Posted By: Lighter
07-Sep-23 - 01:11 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Unreconstructed rebel/Good Old Rebel
Subject: RE: Origins: Unreconstructed rebel/Good Old Rebel

The tune I had in mind (I think) is part of "MacNamara's Band," by O'Connor & Stamford (1889).

Related is Fred Seaver's "Solomon Levi" (1885).

The tunes are similar to Campbell's but not identical.

Campbell's father was a Confederate veteran, but there's no guarantee that Campbell learned the song from him or even before 1889.