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Offline Calico Kirby

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"Ain't I Glad to Get Out of the Wilderness"
« on: May 09, 2012, 10:03:02 AM »
I know Custer ordered his band to play "Ain't I Glad to Get Out of the Wilderness" after the Washita fight.  From a little bit of "online research" it seems there may be more than one title that refers to this song.  Does anyone have any insight to the period correct lyrics and/or know of anyone that has recorded this song?

Thanks for any help!

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Re: "Ain't I Glad to Get Out of the Wilderness"
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2012, 02:09:48 PM »
After 50 hits, nobody feels the need to pontificate or at least opine on this one?  Come on now!  I know there's a lot of smart people that look at this!

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Re: "Ain't I Glad to Get Out of the Wilderness"
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2012, 03:29:03 PM »
If you google it in quotations some lyrics do come up.
It's a gospel that pre-dates the CW.

One of the set of lyrics would be considered not politically correct.
https://jscholarship.library.jhu.edu/bitstream/handle/1774.2/7019/193.004.000.webimage.JPEG?sequence=1

And from Beadle's Dime Songbook:
http://ia600806.us.archive.org/22/items/beadlesdimesongbn4irwi/beadlesdimesongbn4irwi.pdf

As to Benteen's letter about playing it after the Washita massacre:
http://www.astonisher.com/archives/museum/frederick_benteen_washita.html

Google is very easy to use.
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Re: "Ain't I Glad to Get Out of the Wilderness"
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2012, 06:01:00 PM »
RCJ;  I here thar is a noo keed on da blok;  BING ???
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