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Billy Bragg – St Swithin's Day
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From Billy Bragg’s second album, Brewing Up With Billy Bragg. It was later including on the collection Back to Basics.
Author David Nicholls thanked “Billy Bragg, for his fine
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Billy Bragg – The World Turned Upside Down
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Bragg’s cover of a 1975 song by Leon Rosselson called “Diggers' Song”, “The World Turned Upside Down” is a protest song and commemoration of the Diggers movement that began in
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Billy Bragg – Island of No Return
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Speaking on the painful Falklands War, Billy dispels the idealistic view on battles and notes the great death and chaos “he” saw.
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Billy Bragg – The Saturday Boy
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I'll never forget the first day I met her / That September morning was clear and fresh / The way she spoke and laughed at my jokes / And the way she rubbed herself / Against the
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Billy Bragg – This Guitar Says Sorry
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Sandra met Raymond at the Race Relations / Much to the dismay of her family and friends / The love that we have is so important / The time that it takes to make a baby / Can be the
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Billy Bragg – The Myth of Trust
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[Verse 1] / I woke up this morning / To find that we have outlived the myth of trust / You woke up this morning / To the fact we've lost the things / We took for granted between us
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Billy Bragg – It Says Here
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A scathing takedown of the British press – particularly The Sun newspaper.
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Billy Bragg – Strange Things Happen
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All winter long while I was locked in my room / Your face at the window and my hair on the floor / I was thinking of you / All winter long while I was locked in my room / Your face
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Billy Bragg – A Lover Sings
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You and I are victims of a love / That lost a lot in the translation / When I think of all the time that I spent / Sitting on the edge of your bed in anticipation / Of you giving
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Billy Bragg – Talking Wag Club Blues
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Well the sun goes down on London town / But it never sets on Oxford Street / Those well spoken young men and their bouncers / Are trying to create a well dressed elite / And all on
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Billy Bragg – Back to the Old House
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I would rather not go back to the old house / I would rather not go back to the old house / Too many memories, bad memories / Too many memories there / When you cycled by, here
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Billy Bragg – Between the Wars
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[verse 1] / I was a miner / I was a docker / I was a railway man / Between the wars / [verse 2] / I raised a family / In time of austerity / With sweat at the foundry / Between the
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Billy Bragg – Love Gets Dangerous
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[Verse 1] / The love of a woman / The fear of the phone / A secret message to a happy home / I've never been so scared / I never knew you cared / [Chorus] / Love gets dangerous
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Billy Bragg – From A Vauxhall Velox
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[Verse 1] / She said "Do these seats fold down" / And I said "If you pull that handle" / All the time she'd been waiting for / Something with a little more / And all her mates on
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Billy Bragg – Which Side Are You On?
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This government had an idea / And parliament made it law / It seems like it's illegal / To fight for the union anymore / Which side are you on, boys? / Which side are you on
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Genius Lists – Songs Based on Historical Events
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This Genius project helps connect music to historical events
Many times, we listen to a song, not ever knowing it was based on an actual event in history. The list includes a very
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Billy Bragg – Like Soldiers Do
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Blues eyes fighting the grey eyes fighting the tears / Armed to the teeth for a war of words / Reaching all the years / I advanced across a poppy field / I saw the gleam as you
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Billy Bragg – I Won't Talk About It
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It's another dead evening here / It's already midnight and I'm still so awake / I see your lights are still on / I know you're alone, you know / His car isn't there / Why don't you
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Billy Bragg – The Last Time
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Well, I told you once and I told you twice / But you never listen to my advice / You don't try very hard to please me / With what you know it should be easy / Well, this could be
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