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Note from page 215: 1. Cf. "John Adkin's Farewell" in Carl Sandburg, New American Songbag (New York, 1950), 52 — 53. For "William Riley," see Lair, 5. The setting of political lyrics to the tune of "Auld Lang Syne" was common in the nineteenth century. For the version that AL sang, see p. 216.