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Thread #123172   Message #2795452
Posted By: Jack Blandiver
24-Dec-09 - 03:53 AM
Thread Name: What did you do in the war, Ewan?
Subject: RE: Folklore: What did you do in the war, Ewan?
I have no time for those upstairs nowadays

This is an echo of a stray verse I picked up for Turfman from Ardee which I've never been able to account for as it doesn't feature in any of my sources (Barry, McPeake (?), Bellamy et al):

We talked about our country and how we are oppressed;
The man we sent to parliament has got our wrongs addressed;
But I've no time for members now - nor nothing else you see;
Because we're led by bloody humbugs said the Turfman from Ardee


Odd that whenever I sing it, it invariably finds its way in there. Any ideas?