"Sink the Bismarck" has a tune highly similar to the post-Civil War song "Oh, I'm a Good Old Rebel," sung by Hoyt Axton on "Songs of the Civil War," a followup CD to the Ken Burns series. Shelby Foote says it was written by former Confederate Major Innes Randolph as a parody. Can anyone identify the tune?

Oh, I'm a good old rebel, now that's just what I am
And for this Yankee nation I do not give a damn
I'm glad I fought agin her -- I only wisht we'd won
'N I don't ask any pardon for anything I've done

I always thought "Sink the Bismarck" was written to shill up interest in the American release of the UK movie of the same name. The movie's preview featured the song. Imagine my shock when I saw the movie and the song wasn't in it!

(And even then I thought, "Guns as big as STEERS?!?")