Banks of the Imjin, The

DESCRIPTION: "'Tis down by the shores of the Imjin, When most of the fighting was done, 'Twas there that a Commonwealth soldier Was shot by a Communist gun." His last request is to be buried by the Imjin. They bury him, saying, "His young life for freedom he gave"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1976 (Page-ForGawdsakeDontTakeMe)
KEYWORDS: soldier death | Korean War
HISTORICAL REFERENCES:
Apr 22-25, 1951 - Battle of the Imjin River
FOUND IN:
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Page-ForGawdsakeDontTakeMe, pp. 149-150, "The Banks of the Imjin" (1 text, tune referenced)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Red River Valley" (tune) and references there
NOTES [45 words]: The Imjin River flows near and through the current boundary between North and South Korea, so this could refer to many moments of the Korean War, but the Battle of the Imjin was a Chinese Communist attack on U.N. positions, so it is the likely source of this song. - RBW
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File: PFGS149

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