Previous posts for October 29th are here: Jon Vickers (2019), Vivian Ellis (2020), Jon Vickers (2021), and Natalie Sleeth (2022)
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Dan Emmett (29 October 1815 – 28 June 1904) was an American composer and entertainer.
Away, Away
"If I had known to what use they [Southerners] were going to put my song ["Dixie"], I will be damned if I'd have written it." -- Dan Emmett, qtd. Wikipedia
When “Dixie”, which he had begotten,
Was used by the South, it was rotten;
He said,”It is wrong
That they’re using my song,
I’d prefer that the thing were forgotten!”
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