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GUEST,Sean Baite - elsewhere Origin: Come On Eileen-Toora Loo Rye Aye (47) RE: Come On Eileen-Toora Loo Rye Aye 21 Apr 08

Kevin Rowland would possibly baulk at your use of the adjectives 'English' or 'British' regarding him as I believe his Irish origins were/are very important to him. Note that Dexy's first album had as its cover a photo of a young boy recently burned out of his home in the Ardoyne nationalist enclave in North Belfast during one of the pogroms of the early days of the the troubles.
There is also a song on another Dexys LP that speaks of the Troubles - not exactly from an English or British perspective. Can't remember the title but the refrain is 'It all sounded the same'
Fine song, even if I'm not 100% in agreement with the sentiment.
Giok, there's also lots of Toora Looras in 'A Jar of Porter' - I blame lazy lyricists :->

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