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The Leaving of Liverpool

This is an old Irish folk song that is a very popular with Celtic artists. The Leaving of Liverpool was collected and anthologised by William Doerflinger in a book of sea songs (info found at link) . It is known by three names: The Leaving of Liverpool, Leaving Liverpool (subtle difference, but it is different), and Fare Thee Well My Own True Love. A main reason the song became popular was Ewan MacColl, the man who wrote Dirty Old Town;...

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June 2004, Jamie Holton

The Never-ending Interview
With Jamie Holton and conducted by C-Dillo, RunRun, and Scully

***Disclaimer: These questions are not guaranteed to be intelligent or in any sort of order, in fact, you can almost be assured that you’ll find queries that clearly do not belong. But that’s what happens when you set a few OKS-ers loose with a voice recorder and Jamie.***

S: Would you like to sit down?

J: No; if the management comes by or something...

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Welcome to Loch Lingo, where you can find diction exclusive to the Off Kilter Shrine (and now EOK)!

These words feature parts that relate to Off Kilter and have been created by OKS members for the enjoyment of all, knowing that someday these pieces of linguistic genius will appear in Webster's.
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Marktastic

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Irish Rover

In the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and six
We set sail from the fair hold at Cork
We were bound far away with a cargo of bricks
For the fine city hall of New York
And our very fine craft, she was rigged fore-and-aft
And oh, how the wild winds drove her.
She had twenty-three masts and withstood several blasts,
And we called her the Irish Rover

There was Barney McGee from the banks of...

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Irish Rover

Sligo is a town located in Northwest Ireland sits on
Sligo Bay. Westmeath (where Malone was from) is an
Irish county. Dover (fighting Bill Casey) is a town
on England’s east coast and the location of the “White
Cliffs of Dover”.

An alternative version of the second verse exists,
listing a different crewmember of the Irish Rover and
altered names for the others.

“There was Barney Magree from the banks of the Lee
there was Hogan from County Tyrone
There...