I was listening to this song from the Italian singer Franco Battiato (here I’ve posted the English version for reference) that talks about dancing in every form, even the most peculiar ones as he describes mostly unknown traditional dances from all over the world.
At some point, in the Italian version he sings:
>In Northern Ireland
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>In summer dance halls
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>Couples of old folks dancing
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>To a rhythm in seven-eight
Now, the references in this song are mostly on point so I don’t think that he pulled this verse out of his ass, but I’ve never heard of a traditional dance related **only** to Northern Ireland.
The explanations about this song that I’ve found online gloss over this verse, so I wonder if any of you knows what he’s talking about.
[(8) Franco Battiato – I Want to See You as a Dancer – da ECHOES OF SUFI DANCES (1985) – YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwLzl8VL8JU)
by ExactTreat593