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LYR ADD: The Hero's Return
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Subject: LYR ADD: The Hero's Return From: Ezio Date: 10 Mar 98 - 01:59 AM The Hero's Return (Belfast song)
My youngest son came home today
My youngest son was a fine young man
Above the bombed and battered streets
My youngest son came home today
And this time... he's home to stay
Sung by Eric Bogle on 'Bogle live in person' - recorded live in Germany, February 1977, Folkclub Munster - Autogram & Folk Records, Nottuln, Germany - ALLP-211 BACKGROUND. This song was of course written about thye war in Ireland, or perhaps I should say the troubles in Ulster. After being accused of favouring a) the Catholics and b) the Protestants, depending on whose side the accuser was on, I changed the song a little. And now I hope it is completely neutral, because I cannot take sides in the Ulster tragedy, except perhaps the side of the peace and reason which is as yet not prevailing. The song therefore could perhaps apply to any urban guerr illa situation prevalent in many countries throughout the world today. Eric Bogle. ------
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