“ Beautiful Beaufort, by the sea, 26-miles from Yemassee”

This is all I can remember from the song. I don't know the song title, or who or when it was written. It is my typical refrain when replying to the question, “Where are you from?” Back in 1986, while preparing to depart for a summer field season in southwest Alaska, David asked me the question and I replied with my usual response. The following year David told me that his father recalled hearing the song in the early 1950s when he was at Paris Island for recruit training. So the song was around then and there is a good chance that it was around even earlier, perhaps composed by a Marine recruit during WW2.