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Sing Along with the Confederate Army!

Mitch Miller and "The Yellow Rose of Texas," Part Two

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Dec 29, 2021
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(This is the second part of a two-part essay.)

Weep no more, my ladies.

We now know, having explored the issue in Part One, that the song “The Yellow Rose of Texas” preceded the Civil War by a good bit, despite the lyrics that Hoyt Axton sings in his rendition—those lyrics about General Lee and other Confederate leaders. We know too that the song began it…

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