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Spirit of '76 Lyrics

The fly has beat the Reds fair square
While (?????) the devil’s lair
And now (???????)
While the family feuds exploded in our homes

(????) collapsed in the garden
Vikings ???? the flames
Spirit of 76
We were such a tender age

The Mohican swore he would get organised
To clean the war forever from his mind
A farmer came with peanuts in his hand
Then wept a bit while waltzing to the band

(????) collapsed in the garden
Vikings ???? the flames
Spirit of 76
We were such a tender age
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Cover art for Spirit of '76 lyrics by Clutch

It's a collections of events from the year 1976, a memorable year since it was America's bicentennial.

The Philadelphia Flyers beat the touring Soviet Red Army team, maybe not so fair and square since the Soviets ended up leaving the ice in protest after a hard hit took out their star player and only came back when threatened that they weren't going to be paid.

Family Feud premiered in July 1976 on ABC

Keith Moon collapsed in Madison Square Garden

The Minnesota Vikings won the NFC central division but lost Super Bowl XI (actually in 1977)

The Mohican refers to Robert Deniro's character in Taxi Driver who sported a mohawk

The peanut farmer Jimmy Carter won the presidential election

The Band (associated with Bob Dylan) stopped touring and two years later concert film The Last Waltz was released

 
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