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Born in the USA Was a Protest Song (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I lived in Australia from 10 years old to 12. I somehow picked up that Waltzing Matilda was a sad song about how shitty world war 1 war. And also that the Brits where shit about it, somehow burning through the lives of their allies. Oh yeah, and now the crippled vet's homeless.

I remember someone explained it to me. And other kids. Because Matilda isn't slang for backpack we still used.