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Thread #160996 Message #3821841
Posted By: Dave the Gnome
21-Nov-16 - 08:42 AM
Thread Name: Gunga Din. Racist or just of its time?
Subject: Gunga Din. Racist or just of it's time?
Nowadays people just wouldn't publish anything like it but, at the time, it was OK. As a social record of people's attitudes it is a fine example. I would happily sing it at a folk club, just as I would sing hunting songs without advocating hunting.