The song tells the story of Lord Trevelyan who brought a supply of corn back from America in a bid to battle starvation during the potato famine in the mid-nineteenth century. Unfortunately it was Indian corn too hard to be milled, so useless. However, local people thought it would save them and so broke into the stores, were arrested, and subsequently deported to Australia.
Just thought Id clear it up. makes kinda more sense now, huh?
The song was written in 1979 and recorded by Paddy Reilly. Over the past 17 years more than 400 cover versions have been made .
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The song tells the story of Lord Trevelyan who brought a supply of corn back from America in a bid to battle starvation during the potato famine in the mid-nineteenth century. Unfortunately it was Indian corn too hard to be milled, so useless. However, local people thought it would save them and so broke into the stores, were arrested, and subsequently deported to Australia.
Just thought Id clear it up. makes kinda more sense now, huh?
The song was written in 1979 and recorded by Paddy Reilly. Over the past 17 years more than 400 cover versions have been made .
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