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hlthe2b

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4. "The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down" --The Band

Reply to Chasstev365 (Original post)

Fri Aug 8, 2025, 10:08 AM

Aug 8

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Post a song about a historical conflict. I'll start [View all] Chasstev365 Aug 8 OP

The Battle of New Orleans by Johnny Horton biophile Aug 8 #1

Jimmy Driftwood Maninacan Aug 8 #19

..."down the mississiippi river to the gulf of america?" n/t rampartd Aug 8 #23

Yes I must have listened to that a thousand times in my childhood biophile Aug 8 #43

'Tear the Fascists Down' True Dough Aug 8 #2

Please, Mr. Custard by Larry Verne sinkingfeeling Aug 8 #3

"The Night they Drove Old Dixie Down" --The Band hlthe2b Aug 8 #4

The night Chicago died unblock Aug 8 #5

"When Johnny Comes Marching Home" niyad Aug 8 #6

Goodnight Saigon (Billy Joel) Mad_Dem_X Aug 8 #7

Great song! Chasstev365 Aug 8 #17

VietNam Song Ptah Aug 8 #8

That's the "'Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin-To-Die' Rag" (n.t.) Oeditpus Rex Aug 8 #16

It's the Fish Cheer. Ptah Aug 8 #20

The Fish Cheer is Oeditpus Rex Aug 8 #38

Do you enjoy the song? Ptah Aug 8 #39

I have Oeditpus Rex Aug 8 #44

I have joined the Association Against Pendantics. Ptah Aug 8 #45

Oh Oeditpus Rex Aug 8 #46

They are people that Ptah Aug 8 #47

You don't like Britons? Oeditpus Rex Aug 8 #48

The uncertainty of those people disappointments me. Ptah Aug 8 #53

"March of the Women" Ethel Smyth niyad Aug 8 #9

Two More Chasstev365 Aug 8 #10

WWII. Harker Aug 8 #11

First song that came to my mind! I love it Easterncedar Aug 8 #52

Same here. Harker Aug 9 #59

Sunday Bloody Sunday" - U2 Wiz Imp Aug 8 #12

And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda - The Pogues Wiz Imp Aug 8 #13

How could I forget? Yes this is real: It was cut from the Blues Brothers movie Chasstev365 Aug 8 #14

Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Wiz Imp Aug 8 #15

Enola Gay - Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark Wiz Imp Aug 8 #18

Sting - They Dance Alone Donkees Aug 8 #21

Hamilton. I saw the musical Hamilton last night. applegrove Aug 8 #22

Country Joe--The March of the Dead thucythucy Aug 8 #24

Phil Ochs Chasstev365 Aug 8 #25

Song of Roland - written in the 11th century justaprogressive Aug 8 #26

Ballad of the Alamo, by Marty Robbins. Borogove Aug 8 #27

Gordon Lightfoot - Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Coloradan4Truth Aug 8 #28

The wearing of the green GreenWave Aug 8 #29

3 rules of discipline and 8 rules of attention GreenWave Aug 8 #30

The Battle Hymn of the Republic. By Julia Ward Howe. raging moderate Aug 8 #31

Sink the Bismarck - Johnny Horton Eugene Aug 8 #32

See my Blues Brothers version on the tread. Chasstev365 Aug 8 #33

The Price of a Mile - Sabaton Eugene Aug 8 #34

Anything on Sabaton's "The Great War" jmowreader Aug 8 #35

Zombie - The Cranberries Cloudhopper Aug 8 #36

The Lebanon ZDU Aug 8 #37

Fernando Rastapopoulos Aug 8 #40

I'm surprised you chose that ABBA song... JoseBalow Aug 8 #42

It's about the Mexican revolution synni Aug 9 #55

Trouble Every Day JoseBalow Aug 8 #41

So Long Mom I'm Off To Drop The Bomb NoPasaran Aug 8 #49

Comanche (The Brave Horse) LogDog75 Aug 8 #50

Winds of Change Skittles Aug 8 #51

James Taylor, "Far Afghanistan" Bayard Aug 9 #54

Billy Don't Be a Hero...(Sorry I was just watching a YouTube video on worst songs from the 70s) LeftInTX Aug 9 #56

LOL! Chasstev365 Aug 9 #57

Leningrad 10 Turtle Day Aug 9 #58

Joan Baez, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" some_of_us_are_sane Aug 9 #60