[luvie]

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND ENTERTAINMENT
FOR THE TROOPS AND THEIR FAMILIES--

Al Jarreau~It's How You Say It

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[Publius]

No matter which side a man fought on, this song was inescapable. Stephen Foster wrote it during the depression of the mid-1850's, but it became a staple in both Union and Confederate camps and homes. This is Thomas Hampson’s version, backed by Jay Ungar, which requires two handkerchiefs.

”Hard Times, Come Again No More”

This was a song about a Union soldier in a Confederate POW camp. The melody sounds suspiciously like “Jesus Loves the Little Children of the World”.

”Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!”

This is a true Scots-Irish lament from the South.

”The Southern Soldier Boy”