XPost: uk.music.folk   
   From: NO_SPAM_asale@ft.newyorklife.com   
      
   On Thu, 29 May 2008 11:15:03 +0100, Pertuis  wrote:   
      
   > formal peace treaty. Jaw-jaw rather   
   >than war-war.   
   >   
   >Technically, then, I reckon a state of war still exists. Which reminds   
   >me to wonder if Berwick-on-Tweed has sorted its small difficulty with   
   >the Czar of Russia yet.   
   >   
   >I expect flak back saying: "Who cares, anyway? This is a folk-music   
   >site. We've got Utah's recordings to keep a memory alive. The rest   
   >belongs on a history site."   
      
   Well, there's two things.   
      
   I'm not sure there _could_ be a peace treaty since we never declared war.   
   Truman was adamant about that and we've followed the same policy in Vietnam   
   & Iraq.  Gets Congress off the hook (sorta) since only they can formally   
   declare war.  It was termed a "police action."  Iraq is Counterinsurgence   
   even though there are not really any insurgents.   
      
   So we're not still at war with Korea - we never were.   
      
   OTOH, Korea is _very_ important to folk music.  I haven't actually raised   
   the question with Prof. Lydia Fish, who would know, but my limited   
   experience gives our & UK Korean, post-war service folks (male & female) as   
   still singing & passing on considerable amounts of oral material.  Mostly   
   song, mostly Air Force, largely through those who are also involved in the   
   Hash.   
      
   But I've seen/heard quite a few of these songs and many have been in   
   tradition since WW I and at least one Air Force song continuously back to   
   about 1845.  (Yeah, yeah.)  Many are bawdy, some filthy.   
      
   It's folklorically vital since few, besides rugby folk, pass on or record   
   this material and it is a living tradition.  I'm not aware of any other US   
   service-related oral tradition.  Not even Doo-op.   
   --   
      
   Hmm.  We lived in Duns, Berwichshire for a while & did our shoipping in   
   Berwick-on-Tweed.  Never noticed it was on a war footing at all.   
      
      
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