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Thread #34326   Message #757996
Posted By: GUEST,Ewan McVicar
01-Aug-02 - 06:13 AM
Thread Name: seeking funny I.R.A. Songs
Subject: RE: seeking funny I.R.A. Songs
I used to sing 'rebel songs' when singing them highlighted past and present injustices that should be redressed. When the bombs and guns started, I stopped singing them, since singing them was now taken to be supporting violent action, and I believe in peaceful methods only.
Maybe now we can begin to sing some of the songs of 1916 again without being ignorantly accused of supporting the horrific actions of the last decades?
To return to the topic of the thread, another fine song with clever humour is
As I was walking down the street, and feeling fine and larky,oh
A recruiting sergeant said to me, "Now you'd look fine in kharki, oh",
etc.
Sorry, life is too busy these days for me to find time to type out whole lyrics - it'll be on the web somewhere.
Peace be on all of you. All things must pass.