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Rory Gallagher – Philby Lyrics 14 years ago
Well, DB Cooper is surely right. H.A.R Philby's nickname was "Kim" and came from Kipling's novel whose action takes place in India. "Kim" Philby himself was born in India.
There is a part of the song that sounds as if Rory played a sitar, and the version in which he actualy used the instrument (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNVeyEuOA6g).
I think that this definitely speaks in favor of the Kim Philby interpretation, not the Jack Philby one.

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