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Jibbs – Chain Hang Low Lyrics	17 years ago
It's a catchy tune. That's why it's lasted for so very many years and has now been included in a rap song. The lyrics are not exactly new either. I remember older kids singing this as "Do your balls hang low" thirty odd years ago here in England.

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Sandy Denny – Who Knows Where The Time Goes? Lyrics	17 years ago
In early recordings of this song Sandy sings "Across the purple sky" rather than "Across the evening sky".

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The Proclaimers – Letter From America Lyrics	17 years ago
The song was written in the 1980's at the height of Thatcherism. It starts with the emigration of Scots to America as Pheonix935 says and then turns to the then political situation with the loss of industrial factories such as those at Bathgate and Linwood to make a comparison between times past and contemporary.

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Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly Lyrics	17 years ago
Not about American Pie, but about the experience of being at a Don Mclean concert.

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Roberta Flack – The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Lyrics	17 years ago
Have had the great privilege of seeing the songs subject, Peggy Seeger, singing it live.

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Kirsty MacColl – A New England Lyrics	17 years ago
Billy Bragg wrote the extra lyrics for Kirsty. He spoke about this on a TV programme about Kirsty following her death.

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