Here's something you UK-ers might find interesting
A "pibroch" (or "pibrough" as it sometimes spelled) is basically a militaristic hymn intended to encourage avid support for a cause. I heard a version of a Scottish pibroch about the Scots' support of Bonnie Prince Charlie by a Confederate reenactor group/band called the 12th Louisiana String Band (album named "Songs of the Southern Highlands"). Since this song is in the public domain, I "borrowed" the tune and composed new words to give yet another description/Confederate tribute centered on the Battle of Franklin, Nov. 30, 1864.
Here are my lyrics:
Go to Meet the Yankees
(On to Franklin)
Lyrics © 2006, Wayne B. Anderson
(based on "Sound the Pibroch")
Sound the order, rise and go
Take the fight to the Fed'ral foe
On to Franklin, just two miles more
And go to meet the Yankees
Chorus:
Marching on and on and on
Marching on and on and on
Marching on and on and on
Rise to meet the Yankees
And see our bold and ragged band
With courage fly their flags so grand
And proudly vow with heart and hand
To go and strike the Yankees
Chorus
On dark Franklin's field of gore
The battle rages, the cannon roar
They bravely fight, saying give them more
They die, slain by the Yankees
Chorus
No more we'll see their like again
This army of bold Southern men
Proudly the flags fly over them
These men slain by the Yankees
Chorus
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