Why and the Wherefore, The

DESCRIPTION: "Where, where, where, and where, And where are you bound, young man? I'm off to the war with the good men and true, And hadn't you better come along too?" The questioner asks why, which, who, when, what about the war; the soldier answers
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1963 (F. J. Child, War Songs for Freemen, according to Silber-SongsOfTheCivilWar)
KEYWORDS: questions soldier Civilwar nonballad
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Silber-SongsOfTheCivilWar, pp. 41-42, "The Why and the Wherefore" (1 text, 1 tune)
File: SCWF041

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