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Thread #56795 Message #2119031
Posted By: robomatic
04-Aug-07 - 12:17 PM
Thread Name: Greatest Anti-War Song Ever?
Subject: RE: Greatest Anti-War Song Ever?
Dylan: Blowin' In The Wind
Lehrer: So Long Mom, I'm Off To Drop The Bomb We Will All Go Together When We Go
The following appears on a bicentennial recording from my New England Town s'posedly from the American Revolutionary Era, sounds more Irish than anything else:
When I was young I used to be As fine a lad as ever you'd see The Prince O' Wales he says to me "Come join the British Army!" Toora loora loora loo They're lookin' for monkeys up in the zoo And if I had a face like you I'd join the British Army!