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Hi,
IMDB.com's includes a reference to
the "The Bonnie Blue Flag" in Glory being exactly that: a tune
used by both sides. There were many such tunesArguably the most famous
tune to be used by both sides was "the Battle Hymn of the Republic"
a.k.a. "John Brown's body". Two warring factions of a nation(s)
united by music. ;-)
Daniel
"Thus conscience doth make cowards of us all."
Hamlet, Act III, scene i.
Myself, I've always preferred _The Bonnie Blue Flag_, but they
didn't ask my opinion.;-)
Likewise. And this leads to a minor flub that I spotted in 'Glory.' A
Union band playing _The Bonnie Blue Flag?!?_
Might not be a flub. 'The
Bonnie Blue Flag' tune was used for a few Yankee songs also. I know
the 69th NY Irish used the tune for the song 'Irish Volunteer'. It is
pretty much the same as the tune for British songs were the same as some
Rev. War American songs.
jay
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