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Thread #58203 Message #921130
Posted By: Bob Bolton
29-Mar-03 - 06:40 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Add: Landlords of Ireland, Ye
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Landlords of Ireland, Ye
G'day again Landlady's Daughter,
No - our Irish didn't seem to sing that much of "The Troubles" ... just buckled down and got on with doing well in a free country. There are more general songs of defiance - and earlier laments on the same lines (and even names) as The Exile's Lament ... clearly dated to earlier convict era ... pre 1840s. The Gold Rushes of the 1850s onwards totally changed Australia's character, population and ethnic mix.
(Oh well, great, great, uncle Ned might have spoiled the record a little!)