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  1. It's weird seeing Billy sing this on his own… For decades, I've been used to seeing him sing it at the end of a gig whilst being one of a thousand fans shouting along! Always the best community…

  2. Billy was the gig I ever attended as a young teen and he sang this. So many years later and I was so glad to have caught this performance. A song that I’ll never tire off made all the more special by Kirsty’s cover.

  3. You can find more songs by Billy on my YT channel. Check it out. By the way, I think Billy should tour with a band a lot more often. Violin and trumpet harmonize wonderfully with his voice.

  4. British, bittersweet, working class longing set out as poetry – not a dry eye in the house.

    Then you add in the song's entire back story – & you think you're heart might actually break.

    God bless Billy Bragg.

  5. Glad he learned to play without that fucking capo. Not the best theory man myself, always had to fake it when playing his stuff, I'm a Murkan tenor/alto, blues white boy, just turned 57, been torturing music from many different angles, for years.

  6. I love seeing Billy – still sounding great performing his classic songs.

    But wish time was frozen in the 80s so me and my best mate (a big Billy fan – sadly no longer with us) could be there at the Thebarton Theatre singing along with those brilliant tunes.

    Rest in peace my mate Dave. And Rest in Peace the wonderful Kirsty. xx

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