I sing this one regularly, as I mentioned above.

Jed, a lot of songs don't necessarily fit the genre, but the Irish have a love of a tale well told. Examples: Deportees was one of Paddy Rileys greatest hits, and is sung by many Irish singers. I maintain this is because the experience of the border jumpers in the late twentieth/early twenty first century is so similar to the Irish experience. Another example would be The Dutchman. We, because of our bardic tradition, just love a tale well told.



Mick