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Thread #101727 Message #2054988
Posted By: Jack Campin
17-May-07 - 06:20 PM
Thread Name: British American Independence songs
Subject: RE: British American Independence songs
The best I know are the songs about John Paul Jones (the Osama bin Laden of the 1780s) and the response of the British establishment to the threat of having him blast coastal towns to oblivion (not a whole lot more effectual than Dubya and just as ludicrously self-important as the present-day "anti-terrorism" industry). There are also a shitload of songs expressing "hell no, we won't go" sentiments on the British side - as today, any soldier with half a brain would mutiny or desert.
If the OP cares to unGUEST him/herself and contact me I can send something.