Sonora Filibusters, The

DESCRIPTION: "Oh, don't you remember Bill Walker, the great, Bill Walker, the captain of the band, That went to Sonora to clean out the state." The singer describes Walker's career in Mexico and the South, and how his "Republic" finally fell
AUTHOR: Words: John A. Stone ("Old Put")
EARLIEST DATE: 1855 (Put's Original Californa Songster)
KEYWORDS: rebellion political | William Walker
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Lingenfelter/Dwyer/Cohen-SongsOfAmericanWest, pp. 286-287, "The Sonora Filibusters" (1 text, 1 tune)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Ben Bolt" (tune)
File: LDC286

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