My first thought on reading Montezuma was a reference to the Marine Corps Hymn, From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli.
Red is the color of blood. The redcoats wore red coats so if a man was hit it wouldn’t frighten and demoralize the others.
There was a song in the English Labour party (It IS the anthem of the British Labour Party) someone taught me once, it goes to the tune of O Christmas Tree:
“The people’s flag is deepest red,
It shrouded oft our martyred dead
And ere their limbs grew stiff and cold,
Their hearts’ blood dyed its every fold.
So raise the scarlet standard high,
Beneath its shade we’ll live and die,
Though cowards flinch and traitors sneer,
We’ll keep the red flag flying here.[7] “
Interesting I sang it to the Marine Corps him before I saw the O Christmas tree part ....works out...
My first thought on reading Montezuma was a reference to the Marine Corps Hymn, From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli.
Red is the color of blood. The redcoats wore red coats so if a man was hit it wouldn’t frighten and demoralize the others.
There was a song in the English Labour party (It IS the anthem of the British Labour Party) someone taught me once, it goes to the tune of O Christmas Tree:...
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IMHO, highly relevant, ichabod1. I had not known that about the Labour Party anthem. The others I had heard before. Thanks for that info.