'History' is the seventh word, in the lyrics... as in 'history repeats itself', maybe...
... again, and again...
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Historical songs
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'History' is the seventh word, in the lyrics... as in 'history repeats itself', maybe...
... again, and again...
- Dec 21, 2007
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I still contend it's about politics. There's no certainly mention of the Tay Bridge, Lexington or Ypres in there. I mean, Mama Weer All Crazee Now has the word mama in about five hundred times but it's not about motherhood or psychiatry
The first version is more fun, but the second more enlightening. The supporting imagery makes it clear that there are canting lines in every verse. The entire song is shot through with puns.
Steve Earle - Justice in Ontario... a little ditty about both the Black Donnelly’s in the 1800s and an Outlaws motorcycle gang shooting in 1978.
Tragically Hip - 50 Mission Cap
Fifty-Mission Cap
The Tragically Hip
Bill Barilko disappeared that summer
He was on a fishing trip
The last goal he ever scored
Won the Leafs the cup
They didn't win another till nineteen sixty two
The year he was discovered
I stole this from a hockey card
I keeped tucked up under
My fifty mission cup
I worked it in
I worked it in to look like that
It's my fifty mission cup
It's his fifty mission cup
And I worked it in
I worked it in
And I worked it in to look like that
And I worked it in to look like that
Bill Barilko disappeared that summer (in nineteen fifty one)
He was on a fishing trip (in a plane)
The last goal he ever scored (in over time)
Won the Leafs the cup
They didn't win another till nineteen sixty two
The year he was discovered
In my fifty mission cup
I worked it in
I worked it in to look like that
It's my fifty mission cup
It's his fifty mission cup
And I worked it in
I worked it in
And I worked it in to look like that
And I worked it in to look like that
It's my fifty mission cup
It's my fifty mission cup
It's my fifty mission cup
It's my fifty mission cup
Songwriters: Gordon Downie / Gordon Sinclair / Johnny Fay / Paul Langlois / Robert Baker
Fifty-Mission Cap lyrics © Peermusic Publishing
Fifty-Mission Cap
The Tragically Hip
Bill Barilko disappeared that summer
He was on a fishing trip
The last goal he ever scored
Won the Leafs the cup
They didn't win another till nineteen sixty two
The year he was discovered
I stole this from a hockey card
I keeped tucked up under
My fifty mission cup
I worked it in
I worked it in to look like that
It's my fifty mission cup
It's his fifty mission cup
And I worked it in
I worked it in
And I worked it in to look like that
And I worked it in to look like that
Bill Barilko disappeared that summer (in nineteen fifty one)
He was on a fishing trip (in a plane)
The last goal he ever scored (in over time)
Won the Leafs the cup
They didn't win another till nineteen sixty two
The year he was discovered
In my fifty mission cup
I worked it in
I worked it in to look like that
It's my fifty mission cup
It's his fifty mission cup
And I worked it in
I worked it in
And I worked it in to look like that
And I worked it in to look like that
It's my fifty mission cup
It's my fifty mission cup
It's my fifty mission cup
It's my fifty mission cup
Songwriters: Gordon Downie / Gordon Sinclair / Johnny Fay / Paul Langlois / Robert Baker
Fifty-Mission Cap lyrics © Peermusic Publishing
You have a time machine? Actually, the way things are going, I’d say Z&E were a little overly optimistic.
- Dec 21, 2007
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- Dec 21, 2007
- 15,222
- 45,011
- Disclosures
- Lark in the Morning Instructional Videos; Audix Microphones
Modern (1960's and '70's) baseball history.
The story of Richie Allen
And Doc Ellis' no hitter while high on LSD
The story of Richie Allen
And Doc Ellis' no hitter while high on LSD
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Being an x military guy, this song always chokes me up. An old folk tune, but it's one of those songs that unfortunately seems to be relevant to every generation.
