Thursday, May 06, 2004
Garryowen: A Native Mick Speaks
From a native Irishman who happens to be leading a tank platoon in Baghdad:
Garryowen is a suburb of Limerick, not Belfast, and the song is about
bashing in the heads of Sassnachs (The British), not papists.
It wouldn't suprise me if the lads in the North wrote their own lyrics to the
tune, however, much as the US Cavalry similarly changed them.
Thanks, LT!
Here's a pint to ya!
Tilg a-mach,
Jason
Garryowen is a suburb of Limerick, not Belfast, and the song is about
bashing in the heads of Sassnachs (The British), not papists.
It wouldn't suprise me if the lads in the North wrote their own lyrics to the
tune, however, much as the US Cavalry similarly changed them.
Thanks, LT!
Here's a pint to ya!
Tilg a-mach,
Jason
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