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Thread #140761 Message #4057177
Posted By: Jim Carroll
04-Jun-20 - 09:32 AM
Thread Name: Are racist, but traditional, songs OK?
Subject: RE: Are racist, but traditional, songs OK?
I wouldn't sing it anyway Dick Years ago I had noproblems with songs about Blacklegs like Blackleg Miner, but resrearches into the experiences of many of the Irish who took these jobs after The Famine to feed their starving families back home has made me realise that things are nt as simple as they appeared to be and, in many cases they were as much victims as were those whose jobs they were taking That's the problem wen you lift the corner to see what's underneath Jim