From: deuman04@comcast.net   
      
   Delta Dawn   
      
   Helen Reddy sang the song "Delta Dawn". It peaked Billboard position #1 in   
   September 1973.   
      
   Last night's dream was again about my brother's September 2005 lung biopsy   
   surgery. When a dream reoccurs, the dreamer should take a good look at the   
   dream's message. The dream was again reminding me about blood brothers and   
   family ancestors. The freedom fighters and how they fought in wars and   
   protest marches. I wouldn't want to start from Michigan marching to New   
   Orleans. The traffic is heavy and I'd probably get splattered with my first   
   left turn. In Michigan, the hospitals are all medical monopolies. The better   
   treatment plans and antibiotic choice has never been available. For a   
   century, the USP has been dishing out bad medicine and the US Government   
   saying, "Job well done".   
      
   Who would go?   
      
   Quickly, I answered, "Uncle Jack from Tennessee, and all the WW2 freedom   
   fighters."   
      
   Not enough!   
      
   Again I thought and asked, "Could we start our Freedom fight in Vicksburg,   
   Mississippi? There's a lot of Freedom Fighters there."   
      
   Let's see what it sounds like.   
      
   The protest march would have a theme: "Give me medical treatment and   
   antibiotic choice, or give me Death!" The protesters would be walking   
   barefoot through the Vicksburg, Mississippi mud. They could have shoes in   
   the backpack, because it's a long walk over the bridge to Louisiana, then a   
   quick left and it's a straight shot to New Orleans.   
      
   Protesters can do a war dance stomping on the Mississippi mud while singing   
   the chorus.   
      
   Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on?   
   Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?   
   And did I hear you say he was a-meetin' you here today   
   To take you to his mansion in the sky-eye?   
      
   As we cross the bridge to Louisiana, we should be singing something   
   different.   
      
   She's forty-one and her daddy still calls 'er "baby"   
   All the folks 'round Brownsville say she's crazy   
   'cause she walks downtown with her suitcase in her hand   
   Lookin' for a mysterious dark-haired man   
      
      
   We'll be over the bridge, singing,   
      
   Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on?   
   Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?   
   And did I hear you say he was a-meetin' you here today   
   To take you to his mansion in the sky-eye?   
      
   It's a straight shot to New Orleans.   
      
   In her younger days they called her Delta Dawn   
   Prettiest woman you ever laid eyes on   
   Then a man of low degree stood by her side   
   Promised her he'd take her for his bride   
      
   Oh, I didn't know that Helen Reddy was from Australia.   
      
   Delta Dawn is known on today's Interest as the "bring out the beer and stay   
   for the brawl song".   
      
   So, in the name of God, the Creator, I'll be drinking beer with the   
   Australia's and singing:   
      
      
   Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on?   
   Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?   
   And did I hear you say he was a-meetin' you here today   
   To take you to his mansion in the sky-eye?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)