Cruel War (II), The

DESCRIPTION: "In 1861, By then the cruel war had begun, And the boys all hastened away, away, And the boys all hastened away." "In 1862, We wished the cruel war was through." In 1863, Lincoln freed the slaves; in 1864, they heard the war was over
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1969 (Bush-FSofCentralWestVirginiaVol3)
KEYWORDS: battle Civilwar separation
FOUND IN: US(Ap)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Bush-FSofCentralWestVirginiaVol3, p. 39, "The Cruel War" (1 text, 1 tune)
NOTES [23 words]: Bush calls this an adaptation of "Paddy on the Railway," and this is likely, but the form appears to have shifted a little along the way. - RBW
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File: BWV3039

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