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Written in Vasse, Western Australia on Friday 25 March 2011

I wrote this after finding my wife’s lost wedding ring in the sand on the Newtown Beach near our Australian home in Vasse, Western Australia on Friday 25 March 2011. The night before I'd played a gig at JB O'Reilly's Irish Pub in Perth. The legendary Irish Rebel Song band ‘The Wolfe Tones” were out in the back restaurant on a night off from their tour. The Wolfe Tones just struck me as tired dispassionate men. They were not what I expected and this was the day after Ian Paisley (Northern Irish Loyalist Leader) retired. I saw footage on TV News of him laughing away with Martin McGuinness (Ex-IRA Sinn Féin politician and the current deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland).

This gave me a lot to think about as I scoured the beach with a metal detector for my wife’s wedding ring. The idea that arch-enemies could become friends was quite a jolt to my Irish Republican background and family history. I was named after Rory O’Connor (my Grandmothers Cousin) who effectively started the Irish Civil War in 1921 after leading that side of the IRA that rejected Michael Collins acceptance of the patron of Northern Ireland and 26 County Republic.

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Other notes:
In 2011 the firebrand Loyalist Northern Irish leader, Ian Paisley, retired from politics after making friends with, among others, his old enemy the ex-IRA leader and current Sinn Fein politician, Martin McGuinness. They became known as the 'Chuckle Brothers'.

Then the Queen of England came to Ireland and visited the Garden Of Remembrance in Dublin, paying her respects to those that fought and died for Irish independence from British rule. Those of us with Irish roots were amazed at her bravery, sincerity and respect.
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Subconscious Reference - Pink Floyd’s ‘We Don’t Need No Education’.
This song is about mind control and I'm sure my subconscious is making reference to it by using "we don't need no”. The song is really about needing education where the double negatives of “DON’T need NO education” cancel each other out, so in essence we need education, just not the kind offered.

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7. Rebel Songs 



We don't need no rebel songs ‘cause we're already free 

Times have changed, we've all moved on, it’s no mystery

A flicker in the distance has become a blinding light 

We don't need no rebel songs, to lift us up tonight 



We don't need no rebel songs to sing under our breath

We stumbled through this brand new day and died a little death 

When we realised that we'd become the thing we resisted 

We don't need no rebel songs now that we've untwisted



This is the life, life that is unscripted 

With a mystery prize still behind the creaking door 

We came back, came back 

We came back from where we drifted



We don't need no rebel songs to keep us company 

All wrapped up in rusty chains our own worst enemy

Learnt by rote and repetition our thoughts were paralysed

We don't need no rebels songs now we can improvise 



We don't need no rebel songs cause we're already free 

Times have changed, we've all moved on, it's no mystery 

A flicker in the distance has become a blinding light 

We don't need no rebel songs to lift us up tonight 



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from Southern Cross Northern Skies, released February 8, 2016

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Performing solo with acoustic guitar, harmonicas and a loop station, Rory has mesmerised audiences and critics alike. Bruce Elder stated, "Faithfield inhabits the same rich musical world as Christy Moore, Luka Bloom and Glen Hansard. His songs are wistful, romantic, deeply felt, beautifully crafted and sung with a voice that pours sincerity and emotion over every line and note”. ... more

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