Favorite Song of President Lincoln

MUSIC 

may be a surprise / Honest Abe loved "Dixie" = "Dixie's Land" or "I Wish I Was in Dixie"

odd selection / it was the national anthem for the Confederacy - together with "The Bonnie Blue Flag" and "God Save the South" 

Lincoln had been quoted as saying, 'I have always thought "Dixie" one of the best tunes I have ever heard.' 

the tale in If Abraham Lincoln Had An iPod

 

[ CONTEXT ] = history, music, Lincoln, Confederate, odd