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15 Apr 01 - 03:04 PM (#441208) Subject: 15 April:1912,1865 From: Stewart On this date - 15 April - 136 years ago Abe Lincloln was assasinated. See Phil Och's song THAT WAS THE PRESIDENT, THAT WAS THE MAN. On this date - 15 April - 89 years ago the Titanic sank. For a different perspective of this event see this Cartoon by Bill Tidy and the poem it inspired by Les Barker HAVE YOU GOT ANY NEWS OF THE ICEBERG?. Cheers, S. in Seattle |
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15 Apr 01 - 03:11 PM (#441210) Subject: RE: 15 April:1912,1865 From: Little Hawk There's a man at the Orillia Song Circle who frequently sings "Have You Got Any News Of The Iceberg?". It's a pretty offbeat and amusing take on the Titanic incident. - LH |
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16 Apr 01 - 12:14 PM (#441691) Subject: RE: 15 April:1912,1865 From: Firecat I knew about the Ttanic, but I didn't know that Lincoln was assassinated on the same day but 47 years earlier. |
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16 Apr 01 - 12:15 PM (#441692) Subject: RE: 15 April:1912,1865 From: mousethief Oh Captain! My Captain! |
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16 Apr 01 - 12:21 PM (#441705) Subject: RE: 15 April:1912,1865 From: gnu LH - you got the lyrics ? |
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16 Apr 01 - 12:58 PM (#441743) Subject: RE: 15 April:1912,1865 From: Irish sergeant Abraham Lincoln was actually shot April 14, 1865 (Good Friday) He died at 7:20 am April 15, 1865. My father was born a week to the day before the titanic sunk. A fact that we found quite amusing (when we were out of arms reach.) Hope everyone had a marvelous holiday. Kindest reguards, NEil |
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16 Apr 01 - 08:26 PM (#442108) Subject: RE: 15 April:1912,1865 From: Abby Sale I got to sing this at the local club yesterday. And nobody threw anything, even. Now I could be a tenor And easily hit high C But I heard one on the radio And that was enough for me. Whenever I think of Lincoln I never can forgive The guy that would murder a man like him And let these tenors live. "I Just Don't Want to be Rich," On Sam Hinton's The Song of Men; Folkways |
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16 Apr 01 - 11:45 PM (#442231) Subject: RE: 15 April:1912,1865 From: Art Thieme "That Was The President And That Was The Man" was written by Phil Ochs right after the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963---not for Abraham Lincoln. He wrote 2 different versions of the song that I recall. Lincoln was mentioned in the song just to show that since memories of Lincoln didn't fade after he was gone, neither would memories of Jon Kennedy. Both of those songs are in my collection I titled Songs Of The Life, Times And Assasination Of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. The whole collection pretty much is in the Archive Of Folk Culture at the Library of Congress in Wash D.C. We had a decent thread here some time ago on songs of J.F.K. and I think I posted this song there--among others. Art Thiemne |
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17 Apr 01 - 02:04 AM (#442293) Subject: RE: 15 April:1912,1865 From: katlaughing Art you posted a bunch of good ones in that thread. Here is a link to it: KENNEDY ASSASSINATION. Gnu, you will find the lyrics to Les Barker's poignant, yet, funny piece in this thread: HAVE YOU GOT ANY NEWS OF THE ICEBERG?. kat |