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Arthur McBride (and the Sergeant)
Paul Brady's long version of an old ballad that is appropriate in light of Russian press-gangs running rampant and ruining lives to support an illegal war in Ukraine.
The song is likely Irish, found in many places and might be a couple hundred years old but tells a story as old as war itself. Mr. Brady collected this long version while touring the US in the early 70's. I first heard it several years later from Planxty.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_McBride
Damn near put this in GD because the story is much more than the music but being the good lad, placed it here.