| The Pogues – Thousands Are Sailing Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Mister CohAn does not refer to Leonard, it refers to George M. Cohan "The Man Who Owned Broadway". The song ties the economic migration of the late 20th Century with it's Green Card Lotteries and the post famine exodus in the mid 19th century. An excellent explanation can be found at http://edward.oconnor.cx/2008/03/thousands-are-sailing. It is in my opinion, one of the most beautiful & heartbreaking songs of all time. Worth noting too that after The Great Famine of 1847, the population decline in the west of Ireland only halted in 2006. 2006. |
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