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I've been whistling a civil war tune for years.....

...and I didn't even know it.

Just a recent discovery I made about 20 minutes ago. When i was a kid, I used to watch Tex Avary cartoons, Such as this one:
Droopy Dog - Blackboard Jumble
(I highly doubt that cartoon is played on any TV network nowadays considering how "UnPC" it is now)
Now the "Southern Wolf" in those cartoons was always one of my favorites. I liked his laid back attitude. The song he whistles, is catchy.
http://www.texavery.com/sounds/whistle.wav

I didn't know the lyrics, if there were any, but for some reason, at an early age, considering how much cartoons i watched on TV, that song just stuck with me. I've been whistling it for years, even today.
Come to find out, that song is called, "Kingdom Coming" or "The Year of Jubilo".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_Coming

Written by abolitionist and union supporter Henry Clay Work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Clay_Work

Full song here. It almost sounds like a pro slavery tune, but you really have to pay attention to whats being said.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWYHxsMTOJ0

I would not be surprised if everyone else here knew that song but me. :rotfl2:
And as Paul Harvey would say...... "and now you know, the rest of the story.". (well, *I* do now, at any rate)

I didn't but I do now. Interesting Youtube genre as I know only a few Civil War era songs as in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGqBggXvtDE .

Scott

Have definitely heard this song, as well (just had to hear the first few strums on the opening riff to recognize it).

When my family used to vacation in The States when I was young(er), we'd cruise a lot of the Civil War battlefield sites. At some point we picked up a couple of audio cassettes that were both Union and Confederate songs for the lonnnnng trip down the interstate.

So, my man: memories, memories, memories....

:up:

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Originally Posted by Buddahaid (Post 1515034)

I didn't but I do now. Interesting Youtube genre as I know only a few Civil War era songs as in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGqBggXvtDE .

Scott

Did you see the link in the side panel? Same song, live performance, damn good song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QGKl...eature=related

Not exactly an authentic tune of the era, but it does capture it's essence. Probably why they used in on the Civil war TV series.

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Full song here. It almost sounds like a pro slavery tune, but you really have to pay attention to whats being said.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWYHxsMTOJ0

:haha: I have that CD (97th reg band).

That's ok, the NFL netradio network plays Bonnie Blue flag for their commerial breaks:haha: (just the music w/o lyrics.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LQfR...eature=related

I was familiar with 'Kingdom Coming' because of the old Cumberland Three Songs Of The Civil War album. It wasn't as good as the newer stuff, but back in 1960 it was all we had. Their version of the song was much sanitized, being apparently a soldier's version about going of to war. Fun version though, but there's no YouTube version. Sorry.

I remember those cartoons, the wolf wes always whistling it when walking on railroad tracks :DL

Would it be advisable to whistle "Yankee doodle" in the deep south, or is that just asking for trouble:hmmm: