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The geographical place of the song is Ironbound in Newark NJ, The Ironbound was an industrial neighborhood in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
The Ironbound has experienced several waves of immigration. By the 1920s there was a large Portuguese population there.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ironbound
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The geographical place of the song is Ironbound in Newark NJ, The Ironbound was an industrial neighborhood in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
The Ironbound has experienced several waves of immigration. By the 1920s there was a large Portuguese population there.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ironbound
[Edit: Link to wikipedia didn't work]