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Thread #52538 Message #809301
Posted By: Wolfgang
23-Oct-02 - 11:37 AM
Thread Name: Toome Eel Fisheries - Free Lough Neagh!
Subject: RE: Toome Eel Fisheries - Free Lough Neagh!
I have that song in a German songbook from 1975 and the notes to the song are interesting for they provide a quite different angle (if you read the before last verse, you'll see what the note means):
The song has originated from the conflict of the fishers of Lough Neagh with the state-owned Toome Eel Fishery. They defend their traditional way of living against the EEC (now: EC) and monopol interests with their price and market controls (my translation)
Wolfgang