tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589378.post112541478570452496..comments2023-10-21T05:40:55.660-04:00Comments on man with black hat: David L Alexanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13871706129906941567noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589378.post-1125422800595323282005-08-30T13:26:00.000-04:002005-08-30T13:26:00.000-04:00Wait a minute.Seems there are a few alternatives o...Wait a minute.<BR/><BR/>Seems there are a few alternatives out there, though not the one I remember. They range from <A HREF="http://www.mdpsych.org/W02_sDaviss.htm" REL="nofollow">the ridiculous</A> to <A HREF="http://www.newsline.umd.edu/politics/specialreports/symbols/songlyrics013102.htm" REL="nofollow">the sublime</A>.David L Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13871706129906941567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589378.post-1125422472416658222005-08-30T13:21:00.000-04:002005-08-30T13:21:00.000-04:00This song is unique, in that it is the only state ...This song is unique, in that it is the only state song that calls for the overthrow of the Federal government. Attempts in their state legislature to replace or supress it have met with stiff resistance.<BR/><BR/>Both Maryland and Kentucky were obstensibly Union states, along with Missouri. In the case of all three, they were definitely pro-Southern, and "Kain-tuck" has always considered itself part of the South.<BR/><BR/>Sometime about 1980, I heard a set of alternative lyrics to the Maryland song on National Public Radio. Quite amusing. Can't find them on the internet though. Anybody out there got any ideas?David L Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13871706129906941567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3589378.post-1125421892823466472005-08-30T13:11:00.000-04:002005-08-30T13:11:00.000-04:00Father Tucker might be happier with the words to "...Father Tucker might be happier with the words to <A HREF="http://www.50states.com/songs/maryland.htm" REL="nofollow">"Maryland, My Maryland,"</A> the state song of, yes, Maryland. It's a poem, sung to the tune of "O Christmas Tree," composed by an expat in New Orleans urging Maryland to join the Confederacy. The final verse runs,<BR/><BR/>"I hear the distant thunder-hum,<BR/>Maryland, My Maryland!<BR/>The Old Line's bugle, fife, and drum,<BR/>Maryland, My Maryland!<BR/>She is not dead, nor deaf, nor dumb- <BR/>Huzza! she spurns the Northern scum!<BR/>She breathes! she burns! she'll come! she'll come!<BR/>Maryland! My Maryland!"Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14850575419673561383noreply@blogger.com