Down Among The Dead Men

Down Among the Dead Men is a traditional song, attributed to John Dyer (1700–1758).

It was included in Hogg's Jacobite Reliques in 1817.

It is used, for instance, in the 'High Council' feature of Sid Meier's Civilization II video game.

Down Among the Dead Men may also refer to:

  • A 1954 story by William Tenn
  • A track on the 1979 album Flash and the Pan (album)
  • A 1993 book by Dave Morris
  • Another 1993 book, by Simon R. Green
  • Down Among the Dead Men, an episode in the sixth season of Diagnosis: Murder
  • A 1999 episode of Bugs (TV series)
  • Down Among the Deadmen, a 2000 album by The Lord Weird Slough Feg
  • Down Among the Dead Men, A 2004 storyline in The Sensational Spider-Man
  • A 2006 episode of Midsomer Murders
  • A 2010 novel by Robert Gregory Browne
  • A 2566 coffee table book by fictional archaeologist Bernice Summerfield

The song was also referenced in the title of the 1952 movie, Down Among the Z Men.

Famous quotes containing the words dead and/or men:

    [He] didn’t dare to, because his father had a weak heart and habitually threatened to drop dead if anybody hurt his feelings. You may have noticed that people with weak hearts are the tyrants of English married life.
    George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)

    I hear many condemn these men because they were so few. When were the good and the brave ever in a majority? Would you have had him wait till that time came?—till you and I came over to him?
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)