The number runs brilliantly through the screenplay of The Departed.
Woody Guthrie a folk musician wrote it, DropKick Murphys is the band that played it decades later. Its almost obvious that it is an unofficial anthem for Bostonians...
I'm sailor peg
And I've lost my leg
A-climbing up the topsails
I've lost my leg
I'm shipping up to Boston
Shipping up to Boston
Shipping up to Boston
To find my wooden leg
I am struggling to find the total meaning of the song - this didnt really help conclusively
oh, wait.. this one had its root on songmeanings.com itself...
Posted by: Aditya | April 28, 2008 at 03:12 PM
The song is brilliant..
So is the movie..
And yes, the lyrics is a bit weird.. first I thought it's got something to do with the Boston Tea Party, but found this on Yahoo! answers..
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080211201852AAjAlyJ
This one doesn't help either.. :)
Posted by: Aditya | April 28, 2008 at 03:10 PM