Swan Swan H Lyrics

Lyric discussion by brownsfan 

Cover art for Swan Swan H lyrics by R.E.M.

About 10 years ago, there was a guy at work who would bring in a magazine called Civil War. I would browse through them during breaks sometimes.

In one issue, they featured some original drawings (comics?) from civil war prisoner camps. I think it said that they were drawn by prisoners, but I suppose they could've been by soldiers.

The lines from 'Johnny Reb' through 'hair chains' were definitely lines I saw spoken in the drawings. As I remember it, that strip was about children prisoners selling trinkets they made to the soldiers. I think the 'what noisy cats are we' line was in one of the drawings too.

If I ever find any of these on the net, I'll post a link.