I enlisted into the US Army in 1970. The Vietnam war was raging and I was faced with being drafted, or trying to do my bit MY way. When this song hit ... it was SO uplifting to us in the Army at that time - somebody finished his tour and was going HOME! You have to remember, some 58,000 of us never knew the unimaginable JOY of going back to the world. I never knew until this morning about the Civil War connection, for me and the rest, it was ALL about Vietnam and it still is. Thank you so much for this song and the hope it gave us.
C'è solo un aggettivo positivo indubbiamente : quanto entusiasmo. Basta poco per essere felici, riempiamo i nostri fiumi, laghi e mari con l'entusiasmo. Ciao da Teodoro