tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post3102483277775878121..comments2023-11-03T05:34:26.880-05:00Comments on The Whited Sepulchre: The Meaning Of "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down"The Whited Sepulchrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17657366124122012622noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-69369946748437211212014-09-05T16:24:18.790-05:002014-09-05T16:24:18.790-05:00except that Abraham Lincoln did NOT free all the s...except that Abraham Lincoln did NOT free all the slaves and there were yankee slave owners during the Civil War.Poke Salut & Corn Ponehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13281529966438033978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-39499452517635273272014-05-05T08:01:54.196-05:002014-05-05T08:01:54.196-05:00I think that the one line should read, "There...I think that the one line should read, "There goes THE Robert E Lee." The Robert E. Lee was a paddleboat on the Mississippi, but was not launched until 1866, the year after the war. Helm was from Arkansas, and the Mississippi is between Arkansas and Tennessee. I think the intent was that after the war, Virgil migrated to west Tennessee where his wife saw the boat on the river, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-67076094563144011872014-03-16T21:39:10.787-05:002014-03-16T21:39:10.787-05:00It's a song and it is not math.
Virgil Kane i...It's a song and it is not math.<br /><br />Virgil Kane is an old man at the time of the war. He served on the Danville train because he was recruited late in the war. He was married and a land owner but had no slaves. Now you see the first verse make sense...<br /><br />Stoneman was humiliated at Chancellorsville and would have been a figure along the lines of Sheridan/Grant/Sherman if Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-27269775116792392572013-11-24T16:02:51.261-06:002013-11-24T16:02:51.261-06:00My father was a republican so I therefore am a rep...My father was a republican so I therefore am a republican clearly implies a lack of understanding that the south was a democratic stronghold at the time of the civil war. In fact, the south remained a democratic strong hold until the civil acts was passed at which time most southerners changed their allegiance to the republican party (i.e., the party that supported the act) because frankly most Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-87239794125858984542012-11-28T17:32:09.227-06:002012-11-28T17:32:09.227-06:00Yeah, THE Robert E Lee is a ship they're excit...Yeah, THE Robert E Lee is a ship they're excited to see as it represented some of the best of the South.<br />"Take what you need and leave the rest" to me meant the theft of anything valuable by conquering and angry troops and later by carpet baggers.<br />Maybe that's too narrow, but fits nice. A conquering army in your towns and cities can't be imagined except by those Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13498924546577827533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-16041294672580866392012-09-11T23:17:10.291-05:002012-09-11T23:17:10.291-05:00Sorry I ment Robert E Lee. Not Stone wall.Sorry I ment Robert E Lee. Not Stone wall.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-89318419690608803952012-09-11T16:49:31.158-05:002012-09-11T16:49:31.158-05:00I think when the song writer wrote "but they ...I think when the song writer wrote "but they should have never taken the very best" I think he was refering to General "Stone wall Jackson" as maybe he had been shot and they saw him coming back into camp. Jackson being the BEST. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-76517991022783039962012-05-11T16:08:43.974-05:002012-05-11T16:08:43.974-05:00The Robert E Lee was a big steamship that was buil...The Robert E Lee was a big steamship that was built in 1866 and sailed the southern waters. It was named to honor the Confederate general. That's what his wife saw when he was back in Tennessee chopping wood and she called him to look at--not the general himself. The line in the recording clearly says THE Robert E Lee.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-25193624819334070932012-05-11T14:45:35.454-05:002012-05-11T14:45:35.454-05:00"Remember what the war was about to start wit..."Remember what the war was about to start with... individual state freedom and rights." What a pantload! Never mind basic human rights. You somehow want to justify slavery, and clear your conscience and claim that dirt poor southern farmers and laborers when to war because they were concerned the the Federal Government was getting trampling on states rights? When did they start Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-75707568649861194022011-07-20T00:49:32.893-05:002011-07-20T00:49:32.893-05:00Ok, here is the explanation for the second verse. ...Ok, here is the explanation for the second verse. "I don't mind choppin wood, and I don't care if the money's no good. You take what you need and leave the rest, but they should have never taken the very best." At this point in the song, the war is over the South has been defeated. Here is what that little part means. He doesn't mind being poor and his money worthless, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-13972875259328779722011-01-02T09:30:19.428-06:002011-01-02T09:30:19.428-06:00Anonymous,
In regard to your comment that "I...Anonymous,<br /><br />In regard to your comment that "I am a born, bred and raised in the south southerner and I know what this song is about...."<br /><br />I bet I can top you. I bet my part of the South made your part of the South look like Bangor, Maine.The Whited Sepulchrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17657366124122012622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-9085893404727724282011-01-01T19:01:53.937-06:002011-01-01T19:01:53.937-06:00Your take on this song is incorrect. I am a born,...Your take on this song is incorrect. I am a born, bred and raised in the south southerner and I know what this song is about.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-37502640964558675862010-06-14T15:36:25.856-05:002010-06-14T15:36:25.856-05:00About that troublesome second verse: I think you&#...About that troublesome second verse: I think you've got lots of the pieces but that treating them as pieces--i.e., reading each line as an individual unit--keeps those pieces from coming together. So I hear the last three lines--<br /><br />"Now I don't mind choppin' wood, and I don't care if the money's no good<br />Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest<br />But Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514263156014169547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-27525292584900164762010-06-14T15:36:25.857-05:002010-06-14T15:36:25.857-05:00About that troublesome second verse: I think you&#...About that troublesome second verse: I think you've got lots of the pieces but that treating them as pieces--i.e., reading each line as an individual unit--keeps those pieces from coming together. So I hear the last three lines--<br /><br />"Now I don't mind choppin' wood, and I don't care if the money's no good<br />Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest<br />But Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514263156014169547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-26725241042960909352010-06-14T15:32:19.770-05:002010-06-14T15:32:19.770-05:00About that second verse: I think you've got lo...About that second verse: I think you've got lots of the pieces but that treating them as pieces--i.e., reading each line as an individual unit--keeps those pieces from coming together. So I hear the last three lines--<br /><br />"Now I don't mind choppin' wood, and I don't care if the money's no good<br />Ya take what ya need and ya leave the rest<br />But they should themanicgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08750985315536912324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-65498914875211659332009-06-22T22:33:36.506-05:002009-06-22T22:33:36.506-05:00TLG - nowadays performers have other methods to da...TLG - nowadays performers have <a href="http://www.truveo.com/Gimme-More-Live-at-the-VMAs/id/4007331427" rel="nofollow">other methods</a> to damage their reputations.<br /><br />Call me an old hippie but I'll take Joan over Britney (for singing, anyway).Dr Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11315005375209513833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8771666371746650057.post-83139174868741773552009-06-21T21:03:38.530-05:002009-06-21T21:03:38.530-05:00I enjoyed seeing Joan Baez singing with the muppet...I enjoyed seeing Joan Baez singing with the muppets. I remember seeing this as a young adult and thinking that this did damage to her reputation as a serious singer song copyer.TarrantLibertyGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11624121038065257931noreply@blogger.com