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Lyrics Quiz - HPS: Peninsula
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Author:  dmallory [ Wed Sep 21, 2005 4:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Lyrics Quiz - HPS: Peninsula
Gentlemen,

I hate it when I can't figure out what the line of a song is (and my wife REALLY hates it, since I just make something up and sing along anyway [;)] !).

In HPS Peninsula, in the song "He's Gone to the Arms of Abraham", a line begins "If I were him I'd offer . . . "

How does the next line go? The best I can come up with is " . . . a fellow bud a gram", but somehow I don't think that's it, unless civil war soldiers used metric measurements and she's suggesting he share a little drink with a comrade?

Somebody help me out -- it's killing me!


Your humble servant,
Gen 'Dee Dubya' Mallory

David W. Mallory
ACW - General, Chief of the Armies, Confederate States of America & Cabinet Member
CCC - Sergeant, Georgia Volunteers, Southern Regional Deaprtment, Colonial American Army
Author:  Harold Lajoie [ Wed Sep 21, 2005 5:49 pm ]
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Gen. Mallory,

I find the lyrics:

4. Oh should he meet a rebel,
A pointing with his gun,
I hope he may have courage,
To "take care of number one."
If I were him I'd offer,
The fellow but a dram,
For whats the use of dying,
Just for Jeff or Abraham,


Lt. Col. Harold Lajoie 3/2/I/AoM, CSA.
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Author:  CSAML872 [ Wed Sep 21, 2005 6:57 pm ]
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Dram--and are we speaking about sharing some sort of liquid?[8][:p][8]
A measured amount of bread? Mercy?
MG Michael Laabs
3/III A of M
Author:  Robert [ Fri Sep 23, 2005 4:40 pm ]
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<font color="beige"><b>dram

noun

A small amount of liquor: drop, jigger, shot, sip, tot1. Informal nip2, slug1. Slang snort. See big/small/amount, ingestion.
A tiny amount: bit1, crumb, dab1, dash, dot, drop, fragment, grain, iota, jot, minim, mite, modicum, molecule, snort, ounce, particle, scrap1, scruple, shred, smiden, speck, tittle, trifle, whit.

I think maybe it's a reference to not offer up his life</b></font id="beige">

<font color="yellow">If I were him I'd offer, The fellow but a dram (small amount)</font id="yellow">

<font color="blue"><b>Brig.Gen. R.A.Weir</b></font id="blue">
<font color="yellow">-- CALVERT LINE --</font id="yellow">
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<b>First--III--AoA CSA</b>
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