The BOSS: Mrs. McGrath - Anti-War song


	The BOSS: Mrs. McGrath - Anti-War song

righthand

8-25-2007 9:38 AM

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the boss, usa, irish, music

righthand says:

...
When I left my two fine legs behind
A big cannon ball on the fifth of May
Tore my two fine legs away"

"Oh, Teddyboy," the widow cried
"Your two fine legs were your mothers pride
Stumps of a tree won't do at all
Why didn't you run from the big cannon ball?"

Chorus

"All foreign wars I do proclaim
live on the blood and the mothers pain
I'd rather have my son as he used to be
Than the King of America and his whole navy"

Chorus

Bruce Springsteen
Album "We Shall Overcome"
I think the Segal collection, his best ever, IMO.
An old Irish song with its best ever version by the Boss - Mrs Grath.
I cannot separate the images of those Iraq mens' broken bodies from this song. I've always loved his music so I'm somewhat biased but I believe this has been his best ever.
Jacob's Ladder
Erie Canal
My Oklahoma Home
Shenandoah
Old Dan Tucker
are just a few of his best.

I'm not sure about using ClipMarks to promote music. There may be a better way?

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8-29-2007 12:04 PM

aculton

Liked the song, Kinda.
Ever read Johny's got a gun? "I think thats right"
anyway Matalica did a song/video on it.

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