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Those of you who listen to Great Big Sea: do any of you happen to know the song "General Taylor"'s origins? I mean, is that Canadian or English in origin, how old is it, and who is it about? I've tried searching but all I come up with is stuff about Zachary Taylor having a stormy meeting with some general or other, so I must be searching wrong.

I'd like to put it in the mouth of one of my characters and I want to be sure it's IC for him to know it.