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stephie | 16:15 Tue 27th Jul 2004 | Music
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Has anyone got any more convincing theories about the meaning of this song (answers in response to a previous query about it seem to focus on Oliver Cromwell - the references seem more modern to me).
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Avatar Image rja211077
it definitely refers to Cromwell
16:51 Tue 27th Jul 2004
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...and the fact that the English invasion of Ireland that Cromwell started is still in place.
22:03 Tue 27th Jul 2004
Avatar Image Bezlerman
'The Civil War' is what I've been told...
22:20 Tue 27th Jul 2004
Avatar Image Gaz Pry
Are we talking about the Elvis Costello Version ?? If so surely that was about paid mercenaries around the worlds troublespots
00:06 Thu 29th Jul 2004
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It was an anti Vietnam war song. And the pointlessness of war in general.
12:22 Sat 31st Jul 2004

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