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Old Posted Jun 18, 2019, 7:20 PM
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RE: Title

All Irish songs and some English/Scottish ones are part of Newfoundland folk music. You will literally find people here who don't know Dirty Old Town isn't about St. John's. I used to be one of them.

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And my neighbourhood local, on a karaoke night:

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I agree it doesn't fit - BUT I assure you it does to a greater extent than you think. We have a HUGE lower/working class, lots of shitty areas. Several factories sandwiched in old, rowhouse residential districts.
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