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Re: Shadowville Speedway / a poem by Will Dockery

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From: Will Dockery
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 13:31
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On Monday, January 29, 2018 at 3:51:33 PM UTC-5, George J. Dance wrote:
> On Monday, January 29, 2018 at 3:14:47 PM UTC-5, Will Dockery wrote:
>
> > Why is any day a good day to die, Corey?
> >
> > That must be one of those Christian notions, like "God's will", I reckon.
>
> It's from an Indian war; the chief was given the option by the U.S. cavalry, surrender or be massacred, and that was his reply. I have a song on the incident by Robbie Robertson; let's see if I can find it on YT:
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuzg1c2AdFc

Nice find, George.

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