• finitebanjo@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    *RAD HARMONICA TUNES

    Away down South in the land of traitors, rattlesnakes and alligators
    Right away! Come away! Right away! Right away, come away!
    Where cotton’s king and men are chattels
    Union boys will win the battles
    Right away! Come away! Right away, come away!

    We’ll all go down to Dixie, away, away!
    Each Dixie boy must understand that he must mind his Uncle Sam
    Away! Away! We’ll all go down to Dixie!
    Away! Away! We’ll all go down to Dixie!

    I wish I was in Baltimore, I’d make secession traitors roar
    Right away! Come away! Right away! Come away! Right away, come away!
    We’ll put the traitors all to route, I’ll bet my boots we’ll whip 'em out
    Right away! Come away! Right away, come away!

    We’ll all go down to Dixie, away, away!
    Each Dixie boy must understand that he must mind his Uncle Sam
    Away! Away! We’ll all go down to Dixie!
    Away! Away! We’ll all go down to Dixie!

    Oh may our Stars and Stripes still wave forever roar the free and brave!
    Right away! Come away! Right away, come away! Come away!
    And let our motto forever be for Union and for Liberty
    Right away! Come away! Right away, come away!

    We’ll all go down to Dixie, away, away!
    Each Dixie boy must understand that he must mind his Uncle Sam
    Away! Away! We’ll all go down to Dixie!
    Away! Away! We’ll all go down to Dixie!

    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
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      12 days ago

      My thanks to you, good banjo!

      Um, could it possibly be 🇺🇸 wave forever o’er the free and brave?

      Although “roar” could work, even grammatically, with a couple of quotation marks and a strategic comma. The roaring free and brave people being the Union Army.