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The Sash My Father Wore
Throughout Northern Ireland today, one tune - above all others - was heard along the highways and byways: The Sash.
A thread of entwined history. 1/
Throughout Northern Ireland today, one tune - above all others - was heard along the highways and byways: The Sash.
A thread of entwined history. 1/
I heard it this morning played by a very fine pipe band in my hometown of Newcastle for #TheTwelfth.
And whether or not you identify with the lyrics, the tune is infectious. A foot tapper. In modern club parlance, a banger. 2/
And whether or not you identify with the lyrics, the tune is infectious. A foot tapper. In modern club parlance, a banger. 2/
And what about those lyrics? Any song that can seamlessly name check a siege, three battles and manage to rhyme “fine” with “Boyne”, without missing a beat is doing something right. 3/
