Mudcat Café message #715163

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Thread #5837 Message #715163
Posted By: GUEST,Declan
22-May-02 - 05:39 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Back Home in Derry (Bobby Sands)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Edmund Fitzgerald sound-alike

1803 was the year of Robert Emmet's abortive rebellion in Dublin and fits in with the vision of Bold Emmet dying later in the song. So I think he was taking political rather than poetic licence.