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Thread #55686   Message #868223
Posted By: JJ
16-Jan-03 - 08:34 AM
Thread Name: Irish/USA songs before USA Civil War
Subject: RE: Irish/USA songs before USA Civil War
There is a bizarre moment in "Gangs of New York" (the 1863 part) when the band, bid by Bill the Butcher to play something at a Nativist rally -- the Nativists hate the Irish literally to death -- strikes up "Garryowen."

I don't know if this is commentary or a whopping error.