Posted on 08/26/2011 3:27:34 PM PDT by BigReb555
On April 14, 1865, after General Robert E. Lees surrender, President Abraham Lincoln said: Now Let the Band Play Dixie; it belongs neither to the South, nor to the North but to us all."
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Thought not a Southerner myself,one of the more touching things I ever read was on a plaque on the grounds of the Tennessee State Capitol:
Carmack’s Pledge to the South
The South is a land that has known sorrows; it is a land that has broken the ashen crust and moistened it with tears; A land scarred and riven by the plowshare of war and billowed with the graves of her dead; but a land of legend, a land of song, a land of hallowed and heroic memories.
To that land every drop of my blood, every fibre of my being, every pulsation of my heart is consecrated forever. I was born of her womb; I was nurtured by her breast; and when my last hour shall come, I pray God that I may be pillowed upon her bosom and rocked to sleep within her tender and encircling arms.
In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me:
As He died to make men holy,
let us die to make men free,
While God is marching on.
This part of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" has alway brought tears to my eyes and I have them now as I post this.
As has this from "13 Days of Glory":
"Now the bugles are silent
And there's rust on each sword
And the small band of soldiers...
Lie asleep in the arms of the Lord...
Bless them, Bless them All.
The had live music under the oaks and magnolias, with the musicians packed into a huge gazebo. Just picture-perfect.
And then, at the end of the festivities, the happy couple got in their car to depart - and the band played Dixie as the car pulled away. Now, you'd expect the parents of the bride and groom to be emotional - but everyone there seemed to have a lump in their throat. Well, everyone over age twenty.
Ever since then, I've thought of that tune as something like a fine old bottle of whiskey - appropriate for very special occasions and when in the company of people who you know will appreciate it.
Or as Robert Duvall portrayed in Gods and Generals
Unfortunately, I... have!
LOL...great tune, but why no words??
My dad, still kicking at 91, made sure my brother and I knew what a real fight song was:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ7oArZrQ1s
Still gives me goosebumps!
Let's go you Baltimore Colts
And put that ball across the line,
So, drive on you Baltimore Colts -
Go in and strike like lightning bolts,
Fight, fight, fight,
Rear up you Colts and let's fight -
Crash through and show them your might -
For Baltimore and Maryland -
You will march on to victory.
Fight Song with an introduction by Johnny Unitas"
- - - by Jo Lombardi & Benjamin Klasmer
Gadzooks! That still feels... good to go!
Gadzooks, Cuttn, that means... I have to reply with http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7csGhMQoQms
And my and Rick Perry's favorite college football fight song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkbAwgmGrnw
And that old World War Two quote: "Give me a handful of West Pointers and I'll win a battle. Give me a handful of Texas Aggies and I'll win a war!"
The Navy at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acnt3r6z5ns
The Army at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJybwgtR970 and Green Berets at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5WJJVSE_BE
The Air Force at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C95Cb2ByHNA&feature=related
And for my departed best friend ever and his Coast Guard at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rC9WxzBPKw
Wow, when those F-14 took on those Zeros!
And I guess to get back on thread, here is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgF-rcHcPqE and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nACj50uq6_s
And in conclusion, boys ans girls, one of my favorite Civil War and Errol Flynn films, little know 1950's Rocky Mountain and its closing sequence here as a bunch of undercover Rebs give their lives for some Yankees when Errol says, "They've seen our backs. Let's show them our faces."
I always get a tear in my eyes at the end of this film.
Wow, when those F-14 took on those Zeros!
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I kind of ‘forget’ the little bit of Japanese I had learned (in order to ‘survive’) but I do know the exchange between the Zero pilots was “Wow WTF was that”? Naturally, that is just a loose translation.
I remember in the early 60’s and living in Alabama, listening to the radio station sign on in the morning with ‘Dixie’...
I remember when every FSU football game started with Dixie. I was there for 4 years of them. The last year they tried to ban it but we all just stood up and sang it anyway. That was the end of that.
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