Recent research demands that I reopen the books on this song. I was getting ready to record this for LibriVox and was unable to find a single original source file, meaning a scan of the original printings. The best I could do was to get something that might be a PD text from civilwarpoetry.org. 1
I did, however, find original scans of a song entitled "Two Little Sailor Boys". This was published in 1906 with lyrics by Edward Madden (the same fellow who wrote the lyrics for "Two Little Boys") and music by Dolly Jordon. Surprisingly, or maybe you'd already guessed, "Two Little Sailor Boys" has the same tune as "Two Little Boys". An odd coincidence or something else?2
1http://www.civilwarpoetry.org/FAQ/twoboys.html
2http://levy-test.dkc.jhu.edu/levy-cgi/display.cgi?id=150.085.000;pages=4;range=0-3
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Hey Zach, nothing important to add but I just wanted to say I'm happy I finally noticed the link in you LV sig. Am adding your blog to my feed reader. :) Pax!
You a Pete Seeger fan? He's got about a billion great peace-related folk songs.
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