happy? - Mar 16 (My Lai)

Subject: happy? - Mar 16 (My Lai)
From: Abby Sale
Date: 16 Mar 06 - 09:05 AM


504 humans died in

the My Lai massacre,

3/16/1968

          Strafe the town and kill the people
          Let's declare a massacre.
          Lay napalm in the square,
          So you'll know that Jake was there
          Drop the candy in the courtyard,
          Let the kiddies gather 'round.
          Crank your twenty-millimeter,
          Gun the little bastards down.
  
                  "Strafe The Town And Kill The People," DigTrad filename[ STRFTOWN

Note from RG: Originated in Korea and widely circulated in Vietnam.

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Subject: RE: happy? - Mar 16 (My Lai)
From: masato sakurai
Date: 16 Mar 06 - 09:27 AM

BATTLE HYMN OF LT. CALLEY (Julian Wilson and James M. Smith) in the DT.

Subject: RE: happy? - Mar 16 (My Lai)
From: Abby Sale
Date: 16 Mar 06 - 10:17 AM

Thanks, masato. That's more to the point.

Generally, given a choice, I "prefer" songs I can justify as "folk." In this particular case, that means surviving over a new "generation" and being taught by the earlier generation.