Re: [DL] Dixie

[Eric Avedissian <eric@pro-usa.net>]

> Myself, I've always preferred _The Bonnie Blue Flag_, but they didn't
ask my >opinion.;-)

Yeah. "The Bonnie Blue Flag" seemed more patriotic than "Dixie" in
explaining the Southern cause.
Still, in Deadlands, you'd think "Dixie" would've been selected the
official national anthem of the Confederacy?

> Abe Lincoln himself counted _Dixie_ among his favorite songs (though
he >judiciously waited until April 1865 to admit this in public).

Ah, politics. Good to see so little has changed. Though I wonder if
Lincoln had a media advisor? :-)

Marshal Eric

"Hurrah! hurrah! for Southern rights! hurrah!
Hurrah for the bonnie blue flag that bears a single star"