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Thread #6789   Message #436925
Posted By: CRANKY YANKEE
09-Apr-01 - 08:09 PM
Thread Name: Civil War Ballads
Subject: RE: Civil War Ballads
The best of the lot, I think, was written by Henry Clay Work,the same guy who wrote My Grandfather's clock, Father dear Rather,and Watchman strike the bell (The basis for "Strike the Bell " and "Clip go the shears") among others. The song I'm referring to is never heard in the Southeastern United States, and is entitled MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA. It is in the DT