I have been known to write from experience and history, I've researched my family tree for 20 years, got back 300 years with links to the Titanic (possibly, we think he jumped at Belfast), lost 3 family members in the same action in WWI (Battle of Jutland), and lived in a village that has a tradition that is rapidly dying out (Garland day)... all of these things have gone into songs. I just haven't sung them yet.

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