Ballad to a Traditional Refrain

DESCRIPTION: "O the bricks they will bleed and the rain it will weep, And the damp Lagan fog lull the city to sleep; It's to hell with the future and live on in the past: May the Lord in His mercy be kind to Belfast" and other political statements.
AUTHOR: Maurice James Craig (b.1919) (source: Hammond-SongsOfBelfast)
EARLIEST DATE: 1978 (Hammond-SongsOfBelfast)
KEYWORDS: nonballad political
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Hammond-SongsOfBelfast, p. 63, "Ballad to a Traditional Refrain" (1 text, 1 tune)
ALTERNATE TITLES:
Be Kind to Belfast
File: Hamm063

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