Beside the Brewery at St. Mihiel

DESCRIPTION: "Beside the Brewery at St. Mihiel one bleak November day, Beneath a busted D. H. 4 a brave young pilot lay." He knows he is dying, and says he is going to a land where there are no enemies, where the planes work, and where the rocks drip Johnnie Walker
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1929 (Niles/Moore-SongsMyMotherNeverTaughtMe)
KEYWORDS: death soldier pilot technology drink derivative
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Niles/Moore-SongsMyMotherNeverTaughtMe, pp. 184-187, "Beside the Brewery at St. Mihiel" (1 text, 1 tune)
Roud #13615
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "The Dying Hobo" [Laws H3] (lyrics, theme)
cf. "The Dying Hogger" (form)
File: NiMo194

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