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Coventina

(29,009 posts) Fri Nov 21, 2025, 02:15 PM Nov 21

The lyrics are a little wrong at the end: he was not hanged, as the song predicts.

He should have been jailed for life, though.

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Jeff in Petticoats: Song from the (end) of the Civil War. (Original Post) Coventina Nov 21 OP

Marching through Georgia Coventina Nov 21 #1

I'm in a Union / Emancipation kind of mood today Coventina Nov 21 #2

The Ship that Never Returned Coventina Nov 21 #3

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1. Marching through Georgia

Fri Nov 21, 2025, 02:20 PM

Nov 21

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2. I'm in a Union / Emancipation kind of mood today

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3. The Ship that Never Returned

Fri Nov 21, 2025, 02:31 PM

Nov 21

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