Boys From the County Hell
1984 · Stiff SEEZ55 · London, UK: England
- Artist
- The Pogues
- Title
- Boys From the County Hell
- Release
- Red Roses for Me
- Year
- 1984
- Label
- Stiff # SEEZ55
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- London, UK: England
- Songwriter
- Shane Macgowan
- Genre
- Rock · Celtic Rock
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
The song Boys From the County Hell (Pogues, The)
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: "The boys and me are drunk and looking for you / We'll eat your frigging entrails and we won't give a damn / Me daddy was a blue shirt and my mother a madam / And my brother earned his medals at My Lai in Vietnam"
About the artist
Formed 1982, King's Cross, Greater London, UK. Disbanded 2014
Themes
In collections
European Songs · My Lai & Lt. William Calley Songs · Vietnam as Comparison