Wow....I'm finally back tending my thread and it certainly makes for interesting reading. Just to keep the road clear for Rob Carlson, the song is definitely tongue and cheek and I'm looking forward to playing it in Irish-American folk venues because I think it is something that still needs to be pondered by the public. It's right up there with Stan Roger's song about not giving $$$$ to the IRA.
    I was kind of hoping that the problem had been solved since the song's writing but this does not seem to be the case.
By the way folks, I'm still waiting for the *#$@^% words. Stop politicizing this thing in print and let's get it sung about far and wide. GET ME THE WORDS!!!!! You heard me. I REALLY WANT THE WORDS !!!!!