Given the week we're in, perhaps something current #PoliticalSongs for the next #TradSongTues. Big P, little p, old or new - the choice is yours.
Unlikely to do my #TradSongTues song today because I'm working late. However, I've also got a few options so on the off chance I get to leave early I'll do a poll for which #PoliticalSongs I should do.
Again, titles are hidden for extra suspense.
Meadows at Fred was the winner, which was Fields of Athenry.
This song was written by Pete St John. I didn't realise how political a song it was until a few years ago when I learned more about the Irish Potato famine and how Trevelyan's corn is a reference to Charles Edward Trevelyan who said "the judgement of God sent the calamity to teach the Irish a lesson". Of course I originally wrote "I lost my love" as a potato famine song, but I didn't do enough research to connect the dots apparently.
I first learned this through the celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys, which was my initial introduction into punk. I've known this song since ~2006 long before I became a folkie. I even sang this at High School. I did a piano arrangement that mirrored the Dropkick Murphys' punk version.