I'm not sure of all the references in this song, but let's go through them and see what we can glean:Are there references I missed? Can anyone explain the Lion's Head and Sheraton Square?
- Calliope - stem-powered pipe organ, named after the Greek Muse of Poetry
- Lion's Head - I'm guessing it's a tavern
- Jameson's or Bushmills - Irish Whiskey, but we all knew that
- Trotsky on the rocks - never heard of it
- Fenians - fraternal organisations dedicated to the establishment of an independent Irish Republic in the 19th and early 20th century
- Dave - Dave Van Ronk, who made a 1990 album of the songs of (German playwright/lyricist) Bertolt Brecht and (German-American composer) Kurt Weill
- Clancys - Clancy Borthers
- Paddy Doyle - lyrics in the Digital Tradition
- Mets - New York baseball team
- Marx - the guy with the beard
- Hell or California - no comment
- Sheraton Square - dunno, but I'm guessing it's a square near a Sheraton Hotel
- Parting Glass - lyrics in the Digital Tradition
-Joe-
