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Thousands Are Sailing
For everyone who crossed an ocean and still looks back 🌊
Who it's for
The Pogues' ballad, written by Philip Chevron, follows Irish emigrants crossing to America and the ghosts of those who came before.
Homesick→Connected to roots
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Thousands Are Sailing" is a song by the Pogues, written by guitarist Philip Chevron, from their 1988 album If I Should Fall from Grace with God. It deals with the many people who emigrated from Ireland during the economic slump of the 1980s and the alienation of living somewhere that does not feel like home. Chevron drew a parallel with mass emigration during the Great Famine of the mid-1800s.
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Before you start
Age: All ages
Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself, (I am large, I contain multitudes.)Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself,” Leaves of Grass
