It's a Long, Long Way to Capture Villa

DESCRIPTION: "It's a long long way to capture Villa It's a long way to go, It's a long way across the border Where the dirty greasers grow; So it's goodbye to dear old Broadway, Hello Mexico. It's a long, long way to capture Villa, But that's where we'll go."
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1916 (Lewis, Along the Rio Grande," according to Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest)
KEYWORDS: political derivative Mexico | Pancho Villa
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
1877-1923 - life of Francisco "Pancho" Villa
1911 - Mexican Revolution begins
1915 - Villa defeated by Venustiano Carranza, causing him to turn outlaw
1916 - Villa raids the U.S., causing the U. S. to launch punitive raids in response, with John J. Pershing in charge
1920 - Death of Carranza. Villa pardoned by new Mexican government
1923 - Villa assassinated
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, p. 293, "It's a Long, Long Way to Capture Villa" (1 short text, tune referenced)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary" (tune) and references there
File: DTtipCav

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