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For Bales! - to those "Who saw the Elephant"

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  • For Bales! - to those "Who saw the Elephant"

    Period sheet music, Southerner's words for "Johnny Comes Marching Home (Johnny Fill Up the Bowl)" dedicated to

    "...THOSE
    PURE PATRIOTS
    WHO WERE AFFLICTED WITH
    “COTTON ON THE BRAIN”AND
    WHO SAW THE ELEPHANT."

    See cover art and lyrics attached.

    Dan Wykes

    Notes: (apologies to long time AC's): - Seeing "The Elephant" usually meant you had experienced combat. The subject of the song was 1863 -Union commander of the Department of the Gulf, General Nathan Banks, pushed a Confederate force up the Teche Bayou and marched to Alexandria, Louisiana, hauling off slaves, cattle, and whatever cotton not destroyed by retreating Confederates under General Richard Taylor and overall command of Kirby Smith.

    But by 1864 Taylor defeated Banks and forced him to withdraw. Smith then directed Taylor elsewhere, allowing Bank’s force to escape.
    Last edited by Danny; 05-25-2008, 11:53 PM.
    Danny Wykes

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    Re: For Bales! - to those "Who saw the Elephant"

    Very nice!

    Good to have that version.

    Fran Long
    Brigade Brass Band

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