The Rebel Black Dot Songs of the Day

Glenn Miller, "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" from Glenn Miller's 50 Finest (Mike Papa Whiskey)

Commentary: I revere "When Johnny Comes Marching Home," but there's nothing uniquely American about it, except for these modified lyrics from this particular rendition:

Uncle Sam will prove he's still the champ,
He'll close up shop and break up camp…

Montag, 13 Juli
The Pogues, "The Body of an American" from The Best of the Pogues (Mike Papa Whiskey)

Commentary: The Irish in America mythologize the old country, but remain firmly rooted in this New World, as American as Mom & apple pie. Or, as we say around these parts, as American as baseball, hot dogs, Applegate, & Chevrolet.

Fare thee well, gone away,
There's nothing left to say,
But say adieu to your eyes as blue
As the waves are in the bay,
To Big Jim Dwyer, that man of war,
Who was often heard to say,
"I'm a freeborn man of the U.S.A.!
I'm a freeborn man of the U.S.A.!
I'm a freeborn man of the U.S.A.!"