Goalscrounger's 30 Day Music Challenge - Day 29 - Wednesday 13th May - A Song Inspired By A Historical Event

"Jo'anna" is a reference to Johannesburg, the largest city in South Africa. "The Archbishop who's a peaceful man" is a reference to Desmond Tutu, the first black South African Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town who received the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize for his fight against apartheid.
 
A song in honour of George Cayley from Brompton for inventing the first successful human glider.There's a fantastic photo of a very unhappy footman strapped to said machine at Elvington air museum.Had many interests 'our' Cliff. I would like to fwd my complaint on the refs decision in advance!
**** it, it's in! :D
 
More Bob Dylan. Hattie Carroll was a 51-year African-American barmaid who was killed by a wealthy young white man in Maryland in February 1963. He got 6 months for assault, and after his release continued to live locally until his death in 2009.
 
The song's title is a reference to the chemical defoliant Agent Orange manufactured by Monsanto Corporation and Dow Chemical for the U.S. Department of Defense and used in the Vietnam War
 
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