tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post2763206306524333403..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: Links 24 June 2022Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-19438215143930108702022-06-24T23:00:20.580-04:002022-06-24T23:00:20.580-04:00I somehow made it to the age of 60 without ever he...<i>I somehow made it to the age of 60 without ever hearing Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Union Dixie.</i><br /><br />What a shame that this song isn't better known. It feels like this version should have emerged from the Civil War as the definitive version of the tune.<br /><br /><i>"I have always thought `Dixie’ one of the best tunes I have ever heard. Our adversaries over the way attempted to appropriate it, but I insisted yesterday that we fairly captured it. I presented the question to the Attorney General, and he gave it as his legal opinion that it is our lawful prize."</i> - Abraham Lincoln, April 10, 1865G. Verlorennoreply@blogger.com