The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #12357 Message #98562
Posted By: Bill in Alabama
23-Jul-99 - 02:58 PM
Thread Name: The Saddest Song of All
Subject: RE: The Saddest Song of All
Ferrera--I was going to mention "Faded Coat of Blue" and "The Vacant Chair". Much of my solo show includes those great old 1860-era sobbers. I also thought of "Little Joe," "The Orphan Child" and "That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine." My friend Bobby Horton performs "Kennesaw Line" on one of his albums, and it is practically the only non-traditional song he does. I can't remember who wrote it, but it is a powerful (and sad) song based on the experiences of a young Tennesseean in the War Between the States as related in a personal memoir titled *Company Aytch.*