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Aha! The 30000th!
Is it valid even if I listened to this song a couple hundreds times? :-)
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Die papists die.
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@DwnAszPunk dutch liberation from spain
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I'm confused does this take place in Holland or New Holland in Australia..because sugarcane does not grow in European Holland..?
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Up ya boya
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Up ya boya
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@LordGeorgeRodney its a song from the perspective of a widow of a scottish soldier from galloway I read on another lyric will have to find link...I agree its about the liberation of the dutch (evenif the scots were recently un-liberated lol)
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@LordGeorgeRodney fair enough, steeleye span claim its from galloway....and the lyrics on the original mention galloway hence why i thought it was that
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@3tangle3 it was sung by English troops after the victory at the battle of Nieupoort 1600..
There were Scots there too so it have been given to them..
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@LordGeorgeRodney its a folk song of galloway SW scotland



By Christ, this is a jaunty version of a sad song. Only the bould Ronnie Drew could get away with it. High winds and stormy seas....
Johnners1878 3 years ago 18
The voice of god
neuropatico 3 years ago 14