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Thread #163185   Message #3890182
Posted By: Jim Dixon
24-Nov-17 - 01:33 PM
Thread Name: Songs about conflict from other side
Subject: RE: Songs about conflict from other side
This may not be the kind of thing you have in mind, but Johnny Horton recorded two versions of his hit song THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS, one for release in the US, and another intended for the Commonweath countries (although it's not the version some of our Australian Mudcatters remember hearing, so maybe this plan was not put into effect?). The Commonwealth version shifts the point of view to the British side and calls the Americans "bloomin' rebels" where the original had "bloody British." Also, "Jackson" is changed to "Packenham" but mostly only pronouns are changed: "they" is changed to "we" and so on.

I just posted the Commonwealth version here. A good copy of Horton's American version can be found here..