Actually I think it is the Americans that the song refers too.
Joey is right...It is about the Indian Massacres.
Reasons why I disagree with Drav:
The English did not fight the Indians on the plains, they never made it that far west.
"Soldier BLUE on the barren wastes". Everyone knows that the British were redcoats and the Americans were blue.
I really don't think they are sympathetic or not sympathetic. I think they are just narrating it from each sides point of view. They seem to remain neutral to me.
Actually I think it is the Americans that the song refers too.
Joey is right...It is about the Indian Massacres.
Reasons why I disagree with Drav:
I really don't think they are sympathetic or not sympathetic. I think they are just narrating it from each sides point of view. They seem to remain neutral to me.