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Andrew Jackson burnt Tallahassee in 1818. A brutal commander in the Seminole Wars, and an early territorial Governor of Florida, he was responsible for slaughtering a good portion of the Indians of North Florida. When he became President of the United States, he organized the "Trail Of Tears."

Although he has been dead since 1845, he is, to this day, a subject of controversy in Tallahassee. Indians of the Creek Nation, and their sympathizers, demonstrated on Monroe Street during Springtime Tallahassee for over a decade to have his re-enactor removed from a place of honor in the parade. Now, after a few years of absence, there are whispers in the wind of re-instating him. This tune came to me in a dream, and my son, Gordon, recorded it early in the morning before I could forget it.

It is recorded on my fretless, gut string, Wunder banjo in a low D modal tuning on "A Secret Life Of Banjo" CD. Then, I found I could play it easily in the DAC tuning on the mountain dulcimer. I  taught this tune to several of my dulcimer classes last  fall and everyone picked it up easily and enjoyed playing it. One class played it at open mike and they sounded awesome. I've been surprised at how unpopular Andrew Jackson remains in North Florida, Georgia, and much of the South.

The question I'm asked most is:  Where Andrew Jackson and Stonewall Jackson the same man?  The answer is no. They were totally different men. Andrew Jackson died in 1845--way before the Civil War. Stonewall Jackson was a confederate officer.

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