Talk:She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain
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[edit] football chants
In fact - 'Ten German Bombers' is sung to the tune of 'Ten Geen Bottles'.
The US fans do not sing the song quoted. Just try and sing it - it does not fit at all.
In fact it is, unsurprisingly an English song sung to european teams:
"If it wasn't for the Brits you'd be Krauts" etc. --12:57, 16 March 2007 58.165.27.183
[edit] Mother Jones
Try as I might, I've been unable to locate any credible confirmation for the assertion that Mother Jones was an inspiration for this folk song. I had never even come across any such notion until I saw it in this article, despite having read extensively about Mother Jones for an article I wrote about her 15 years ago. As near as I can determine, all of the references to this suggestion that turn up on the internet originate with this very Wikipedia article — which provides no citation. Unless somebody can provide a credible source, this material should be removed. Cgingold 05:44, 8 September 2007 (UTC)
- My original source was "An American Songbag" from Carl Sandburg. My old library had a 1927 copy of the book. I also found a similar reference in another book on folk music, which I cannot recall at the moment, but will add as a secondary source when I find it. Hope this helps! Marcusito 17:41, 11 September 2007 (UTC) (F.K.A. Marcuse)
- Hey, thanks for your response, Marcusito! Sorry it took so long for me to check in again (I did check for a couple of days, guess I just missed you.) I was very doubtful about the story, so this is a good start toward credible sourcing. I would still want to know more detail about what Sandburg had to say on the subject, and ideally, whether it has support anywhere else. I hope you can find that other book and report back on what it has to say. Thanks again. Cgingold 11:19, 24 September 2007 (UTC)
