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Thread #15687   Message #2627684
Posted By: GUEST,Jack Campin
09-May-09 - 10:28 AM
Thread Name: Racist songs .... arghhhh!
Subject: RE: Racist songs .... arghhhh!
"Spirit of the Gael" is on Pete St John's website.

I've never heard anyone sing it, but he's obviously proud of it or it wouldn't be there. It's a direct political statement, and certainly doesn't suggest St John was using an unreliable narrator in "The Rare Ould Times", as Ernest suggests.

He could have written something with the inclusive spirit of "The Freedom Come-All-Ye" or "Both Sides the Tweed". He chose not to.