Waiting in Vain: The Prodigals and "Long Ago"

Today's tune, called Long Ago, is by The Prodigals, an American punk band begun in 1997. The band describes their music as jig-punk and can be classified with other Irish music influenced punk bands such as The Pogues and Black 47 in their merging of traditional Celtic melodies with rock rhythms. The band's melodies are carried by a button key accordion with bass and drum underneath. Long Ago can be found on their 1999 album Go On. The song is a lament and a wish for death by a woman abandoned by a lover.

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