• themeatbridge@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s a beautiful song, and there are some versions with cleaner lyrics for the family or work Christmas party.

    • IninewCrow@lemmy.caOP
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      Personally I love the original and play it proudly.

      It’s a more honest depiction of human life and relationships. It’s not perfect, it’s not always happy, it’s not always pretty but in the ugliness, there’s something beautiful.

      I love the Irish mind and culture … they can take the most ugly things and make them wonderful.

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        1 year ago

        Some people choose to see the ugliness in this world, the disarray. I choose to see the beauty